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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 16:1-21

Pouring out the seven bowls (16:1-21)The bowl judgments are similar to the trumpet judgments, only much more severe. The judgments announced by the trumpets affected only one third of the various areas (see 8:7-12), but here the judgments are total and final. The first judgment brings disease on the earth, the second death in the sea, and the third death in the waters on the land (16:1-4). God acts justly by inflicting the persecutors with punishments suited to the evil they have done (5-6).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 16:8

upon. App-104 . power, &c. = it was given. unto = to. with. Greek. en. App-104 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 16:8

And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men with fire.And the fourth poured out his bowl upon the sun ... Can there be any doubt now, that the total physical environment of the earth is the figure here? What is the specific analogy? The sun in the physical realm is "the light of the world," even as Christ and his truth are the true spiritual light of people (John 1:9). When that which should be light is so polluted that it will only scorch and burn... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 16:8-9

Revelation 16:8-9. The forth angel poured out his vial upon the sun, &c.— As the fourth trumpet affected the sun, ch. Revelation 8:12. so likewise the fourth vial is poured out upon the sun. An intense heat ensues, &c. Revelation 16:9. Whether by this intense heat of the sun, is meant literally uncommon sultry seasons; or figuratively, a most tyrannical exercise of arbitrary power, by those who may be called the sun in the firmament of the beast—the Pope, or emperor—time must discover.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 16:8

8. angel—so Coptic and ANDREAS. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and Syriac omit it. upon—not as in Revelation 16:2; Revelation 16:3, "into." sun—Whereas by the fourth trumpet the sun is darkened (Revelation 16:3- :) in a third part, here by the fourth vial the sun's bright scorching power is intensified. power was given unto him—rather, "unto it," the sun. men—Greek, "the men," namely, those who had the mark of the beast (Revelation 16:3- :). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 16:8

The fourth trumpet judgment darkened the sun (Revelation 8:12), but this judgment increased the sun’s intensity. There is a definite article before "men" in the Greek text. The men in view are evidently the people who have the mark of the beast and who worship him (Revelation 16:2). The faithful will apparently escape this judgment. Similarly the Israelites escaped some of the plagues on Egypt. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 16:8-9

6. The fourth bowl 16:8-9 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 16:1-21

The Seven BowlsIn the last chapter there was a pause of suspense, during which the angels of the ’plagues’ were seen coming forth from the Presence of God to pour out His wrath. In this chapter the suspense is ended, and the angels pour out God’s wrath into the earth.1-9. The vision of the ’bowls’ (RV) is parallel with that of the ’trumpets’ (Revelation 8 f.). In each vision there are four preparatory judgments, falling upon the earth, the sea, the rivers and fountains, and the sun. But, in the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 16:8-9

(8, 9) And the fourth . . .—Better, And the fourth (angel) poured out his vial upon the sun; and it was given to it (the “sun,” not the “angel;” the rendering of the English version “unto him is misleading) to scorch men with fire. And men (i.e., those who were worshippers of the wild beast) were scorched . . . and did not repent to give him glory. The sun, the great source of light and warmth, whose beams call forth the flowers of the earth, becomes a power to blast, not to bless. This is... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 16:1-21

Revelation 16:1 In the thirty-seventh chapter of Shirley, Charlotte Bronte applies this passage to Napoleon's final campaign in Russia, in 1812: 'This summer, Bonaparte is in the saddle: he and his host scour Russian deserts.... He marches on old Moscow: under old Moscow's walls, the rude Cossack waits him. Barbarian stoic! he waits without fear of the boundless ruin rolling on. He puts his trust in a Snow-cloud; the Wilderness, the Wind, and the Hail-storm are his refuge; his allies are the... read more