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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 9:5

that . . . not. As in Revelation 9:4 . tormented. Greek. basanizo, literally to test (metals) by the touchstone, then to torture. Occurs: Revelation 11:10 ; Revelation 12:2 (pained); Revelation 14:10 ; Revelation 20:10 . See Matthew 8:29 . Mark 5:7 . Luke 8:28 . "Torment" is specially connected with demons. five months. Compare the fixed periods of Numbers 11:19 , Numbers 11:20 ; 2 Samuel 24:13 ; where the term is taken literally, as it should be here also. The period of locusts is five... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 9:5

And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man.The "torment" of people who have swallowed some false idea is as amazing as it is pitiful. This writer was living in Washington, D.C., when the atom bomb spies who delivered nuclear weapons to the Russians were executed. People who had swallowed the locust-lie of Communism traveled long distances to march in front of the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:5-9

Revelation 9:5-9. But that they should be tormented five months, &c.— But that they should torment, &c. one hundred and fifty years, from the year 612 to the year 762. See on Revelation 9:10. As the Saracens were to hurt only the corrupt and idolatrous Christians, so these they were not to kill, but only to torment; and were to bring such calamities upon the earth, as should make men weary of their lives, Revelation 9:5-6. Not that it could be supposed that the Saracens would not kill... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:5

5. they . . . they—The subject changes: the first "they" is the locusts; the second is the unsealed. five months—the ordinary time in the year during which locusts continue their ravages. their torment—the torment of the sufferers. This fifth verse and :- cannot refer to an invading army. For an army would kill, and not merely torment. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-6

The impact of the locusts 9:1-6 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-11

The fifth trumpet (first woe) 9:1-11"Already introduced by the eagle’s proclamation in Revelation 8:13, the fifth trumpet sets the tone for the last three trumpets through its specificity and independence of the two to follow. This feature marks the last three seals too. The seventh trumpet also resembles the seventh seal in the way it solemnly concludes the whole and contains the next series within in its scope. As with the seals also, two episodes intervene between the sixth and seventh... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:5

They could not kill people, and their mission lasted only five months. The wound they caused would be very painful but not fatal."The scorpion belongs to the largest and most malignant of all insect tribes. Its general appearance is like a lobster, but much more hideous. Its sting located near the end of its tail is not always fatal, but can be. It ranks with the snake in its hostility toward human beings (cf. Luke 10:19; Luke 11:12)." [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 30.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

The Fifth and Sixth TrumpetsThese herald woes upon the ungodly and idolatrous, inflicted both by demonic and by human agency.1-12. The fifth trumpet initiates the first of the three woes. A star fallen to the earth, i.e. an angel who has descended from heaven (cp. Revelation 1:20), not necessarily an evil angel (Revelation 9:1), opens the pit of the abyss. The ’abyss’ is the abode of evil spirits or demons, and the ’pit’ is the shaft which was supposed to lead to it. St. John uses this Jewish... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:5

(5) And to them . . .—Better, And it was given to them that they should not kill them (i.e., those who had not the seal of God in their foreheads), but that they should be tortured five months. The general period of a locust plague is about five months: “as the natural locusts commit their ravages only for five months, so the ravages of these symbolical ones will be only for a short period” (Stuart). Their power is to inflict torment, and not death. The next verse tells us that men would... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 9:1-21

Revelation 9:2 Milton alludes to this passage in the great apostrophe towards the close of his Reformation in England, where he invites the Triune God on behalf of England's peace and purity. 'Look upon this, Thy poor and almost spent and expiring Church, leave her not thus a prey to these importunate wolves, that wait and think long till they devour Thy tender flock; these wild boars that have broke into Thy vineyard, and left the print of their polluting hoofs upon the souls of Thy servants.... read more

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 9:5

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 9:5

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 9:5-9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 9:5

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:1-11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 9:5

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 9:1-21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 9:5

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 9:1-21

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