Revelation 8:13

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! AN ANGEL. 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syrian, Coptic, read, for "angel," 'an eagle:' symbol of judgment descending like the king of birds pouncing on the prey. Alluding to . Compare this fourth trumpet and the flying eagle with the fourth seal introduced by the fourth living creature: "like a flying eagle," ; Revelation 6:7: the aspect of Jesus presented by the fourth evangelist. John is compared in the cherubim, by primitive interpretation, to a flyin...

7-13 The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood. A storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors falling on the church, or a tempest of destruction. The second angel sounded, and a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third part of the sea became blood. By this mountain some understand leaders of the persecutions; others, Rome sacked by the Goths and Vandals, with great slaughter and cruelty. The third angel sounded, and there fell a star from heaven. Some take this to be an eminent governor; others take it to be some person in power who corrupted the churches of Christ. The doctrines of the gospel, the springs of spiritual life, comfort, and vigour, to the souls of men, are corrupted and made bitter by the mixture of dangerous errors, so that the souls of men find ruin where they sought refreshment. The...

Verse Revelation 8:13. _I - HEARD AN ANGEL FLYING_] Instead of αγγελου πετωμενου, _an angel flying_, almost every MS. and version of note has αετου πετωμενον, _an eagle flying_. The _eagle_ was the symbol of the Romans, and was always on their ensigns. The _three woes_ which are here expressed were probably to be executed by this people, and upon the Jews and their commonwealth. Taken in this sense the symbols appear consistent and appropriate; and the reading _eagle_ instead of _angel_ is undoubtedly genuine, and Griesbach has received it into the text....

AND I BEHELD - My attention was attracted by a new vision. AND HEARD AN ANGEL FLYING, ... - I heard the voice of an angel making this proclamation. WOE, WOE, WOE - That is, there will be great woe. The repetition of the word is intensive, and the idea is, that the sounding of the three remaining trumpets would indicate great and fearful calamities. These three are grouped together as if they pertained to a similar series of events, as the first four had been. The two classes are separated from each other by this interval and by this proclamation - implying that the first series had been completed, and that there would be some interval, either of space or time, before the other series would come upon the world. All that is fairly implied here would be fulfilled by the supposition that the former referred to the West, and that the latter pertained to the East, a

EXPOSITION REVELATION 8:1 AND WHEN. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the rest (Alford). Ὅτε is, however, found in א, B, P, Andreas. HE HAD OPENED THE SEVENTH SEAL; _he opened. _As in the case of the other seals, the silence accompanies the opening (see on Revelation 6:1, Revelation 6:3, Revelation 6:5, etc.). This completes the number, and sets the roll free ...

AND I BEHELD, AND HEARD AN ANGEL FLYING THROUGH THE MIDST OF HEAVEN,.... The Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, instead of "an angel", read "an eagle"; and to "fly" agrees with either of them, and the sense is the same let it be read either way; and this angel may design either Christ, or a created angel, or a minister of the Gospel, as in Revelation 14:6; did the next trumpet introduce Popery, as some have supposed, Gregory bishop of Rome might be thought, as he is by some, to be the angel here intended, since he gave notice and warning of antichrist being at hand: SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE; that all might hear, and as having something of importance to say, and delivering it with great fervour and affection: WOE, WOE, WOE; three times, answerable to the three trumpets yet to be blown; and

ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...

REVELATION 8:13 avetou/ Instead of avetou/ (which is decisively supported by a A 046 most minuscules itgig, h vg syrph, h copsa, bo eth) the Textus Receptus, following P 1 680 2059 2060 2081 2186 2286 2302 arm _al_, reads avgge,lou. The substitution may have been accidental (a scribe misread aetou as aggelou), but more likely it was deliberate, since the function ascribed to the eagle seems more appropriate to an angel (cf. Revelation 14:6). Furthermore, “had the Apocalyptist written avgge,lou,...

CHAPTER S 8:6-11:18 The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets _ 1. The first trumpet (Revelation 8:6)_ 2. The second trumpet (Revelation 8:8) 3. The third trumpet (Revelation 8:10) 4. The fourth trumpet (Revelation 8:12) 5. The fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1) 6. The sixth trumpet (Revelation 9:13) 7. Parenthesis: The angel and the little book ...

THE FIRST FOUR TRUMPETS. The first four trumpets, like the first four seals, form a connected group, and differ in character from the last three. They affect chiefly the natural world, which they overwhelm with disaster. Many of the features are borrowed from the plagues of Egypt. [The description seems to be based also on volcanic phenomena, as often in OT prophecy. The whole district was subject to volcanic disturbances, and in particular the island of Santorin (about 80 miles S.W. of Patmos) may have suggested several features. See J. T. Bent's article, What St. John saw in Patmos (_Nineteenth Century,_ 1888). On this island there is a work by F, Fouqué, _Santorin et ses é ruptions._ A. S. P.] REVELATION 8:7. The first trumpet (_cf._ Exodus 9:24), fire flashing continually amid