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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 8:13

Revelation 8:13. And I beheld an angel flying through the midst of heaven Between the trumpets of the fourth and fifth angels; saying with a loud voice That is, proclaiming for the information of all, Wo, wo, wo, to the inhabitants of the earth All, without exception: heavy calamities were coming on all; by reason of the other voices of the trumpet, &c. As if he had said, Though the judgments signified by the four trumpets which have already sounded are very great and dreadful,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:6-13

8:6-11:19 THE SEVEN TRUMPETSFirst four trumpets (8:6-13)In the visions revealed by the breaking of the seals, the judgments arose largely from human sin. But in the judgments announced by the blowing of the trumpets, the judgments seem to come direct from God without the use of a human agency. The trumpet visions reveal another way of looking at God’s judgment, but like the seal visions they build towards a climax.The first trumpet announces widespread devastation on the land (6-7); the second,... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 8:13

beheld = saw, as Revelation 8:2 . an = one. angel. The texts read "eagle". Greek. aetos. Elsewhere, Revelation 4:7 ; Revelation 12:14 .Matthew 24:28 . Luke 17:37 . Compare Deuteronomy 28:49 . 2 Samuel 1:23 .Isaiah 40:31 .Hosea 8:1 .Habakkuk 1:8 . through = in. Greek. en. App-104 . the. . . heaven. Greek. mesouranema. Elsewhere, Revelation 14:6 ; Revelation 19:17 . loud = great. to . . . earth = to them dwelling (see Acts 2:6 ) on ( App-104 ) earth. by reason of. Greek. ek. App-104 .... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 8:13

And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound.An eagle ... Woe, woe, woe ... This is intended as an ominous sign, the eagle being chosen perhaps because it is a bird of prey. The rather fanciful notion that, "God uses nature to send his messages to men,"[68] is not likely to be the meaning. God used John the apostle to send... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 8:13

Revelation 8:13. I beheld, and heard an angel flying through, &c.— Notice is here proclaimed by an angel, that the three other trumpets will sound to still greater and more terrible plagues, and are therefore distinguished from the former by the name of woes. They are not woes of a light or common nature, but such in the extreme; for the Hebrews having no superlative degree, in the manner of other languages, express their superlative by repeating the positive three times, as in this place.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 8:13

13. an angel—A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic read for "angel," which is supported by none of the oldest manuscripts, "an eagle": the symbol of judgment descending fatally from on high; the king of birds pouncing on the prey. Compare this fourth trumpet and the flying eagle with the fourth seal introduced by the fourth living creature, "like a flying eagle," Revelation 4:7; Revelation 6:7; Revelation 6:8: the aspect of Jesus as presented by the fourth Evangelist. John is compared in the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 8:13

The warning concerning the final three trumpets 8:13"And I looked" (Gr. kai eidon) signals a new scene in John’s vision. John next saw, on earth, an eagle interrupting the angels by flying through the sky and warning those living on the earth to beware of the last three trumpet judgments. This could be a literal eagle (Gr. aetou, also translated "vulture," Luke 17:37). God has given animals the ability to communicate with people in the past (cf. Genesis 3:1-5; Numbers 22:28-30). Eagles (or... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-13

The Seventh Seal. The Four Trumpets1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period.Revelation 8:2 to Revelation 11:19. The Seven Trumpets.2. The seven angels, regarded in later Jewish belief as having a special position in God’s presence (cp. Tobit 12:15; Luke 1:19), are given seven trumpets, symbols of judgment: cp. Matthew 24:31; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16. It is best to understand the vision of the trumpets as being the contents of the seventh... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 8:13

INTRODUCTION TO THE LAST THREE, OR WOE, TRUMPETS. AN EAGLE UTTERS THE THREEFOLD WOE.(13) And I beheld . . .—Better, And I saw, and I heard a single eagle (not “angel,” as in English version) flying in mid-heaven, saying with a mighty voice, Woe, woe, woe, to those that dwell upon the earth by reason of the remaining voices of the trumpet of the three angels who are about to sound! The best MS. authority is against the reading “angel,” and in favour of eagle. It is, then, an eagle, a solitary... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 8:1-13

Revelation 8:1 Mr. A. C. Benson writes: 'I think that there are few verses of the Bible that give one a more sudden and startling thrill than the verse at the beginning of the eighth chapter of the Revelation. "And when he had opened the seventh seal there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." The very simplicity of the words, the homely note of specified time, is in itself deeply impressive. But further, it gives the dim sense of some awful and unseen preparation going... read more