Revelation 10:7

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 10:7

shall begin = is about. mystery. See Revelation 1:20 ; Revelation 17:5 , Revelation 17:7 . App-193 . should be = shall have been. finished. (Add "also".) Greek. teleo . In Rev. here; Revelation 11:7 ; Revelation 15:1 , Revelation 15:8 ; Revelation 17:17 ; Revelation 20:3 , Revelation 20:5 , Revelation 20:7 . Compare App-125 . He . . . declared. App-121 . His = His own. servants. App-190 . prophets. See App-189 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 10:7

but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he declared to his servants the prophets.In the days of the voice of the seventh angel ... These words appear to mean merely "when the seventh angel sounds." It is a stylized or idiomatic way of saying it. Certainly we reject the notion of Wordsworth to the effect that "This verse points to a brief respite, during which men may yet... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 10:1-11

Revelation 10:1-11. I saw another mighty angel come down, &c.— St. John, in the conclusion of the last chapter, having touched upon the corruption of the Western church,proceedsnowtodeliversome prophesies relating to this lamentable event: but before he enters upon this subject, he, and the church with him, are prepared for it by an august and consolatory vision. Another mighty angel came down, described somewhat like the angel or Personage in the last three chapters of Daniel, and in the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 10:7

7. But—connected with :-. "There shall be no longer time (that is, delay), but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to (so the Greek) sound his trumpet (so the Greek), then (literally, 'also'; which conjunction often introduces the consequent member of a sentence) the mystery of God is finished," literally, "has been finished"; the prophet regarding the future as certain as if it were past. A, C, Aleph, and Coptic read the past tense (Greek, "etelesthee"). B reads,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 10:5-7

2. The announcement of the mighty angel 10:5-7 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 10:7

In contrast to (Gr. all’) delay, when the seventh (trumpet) angel spoke God would fully reveal His mystery. The "mystery of God" probably refers to previously unrevealed details of God’s plans for humanity that He was about to make known. Specifically it refers to what will take place so the kingdom of the world becomes the kingdom of Christ (Revelation 11:15). The mystery is finished (the aorist passive of teleo) in the sense that God would then have no more to reveal about these kingdom plans... read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - Revelation 10:7

10:7 about (a-15) Or 'when he shall sound.' I have translated literally; but the sense I believe to be 'when he shall sound, as he is about to do.' completed, (b-27) Aorist, 'will have been.' But in the Revelation the aorist is almost everywhere used where other tenses might be put. Such evident Hebraisms are incessant. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 10:1-11

The Little BookBetween the sixth and seventh trumpets, as between the sixth and seventh seals, is an episode consisting of two visions. The first vision is related in this c.Another mighty angel (cp. Revelation 5:2), depicted as clothed with God’s power and mercy, which he is commissioned to minister, comes from heaven (Revelation 10:1), holding a little book open in his hand. The book is different from that of Revelation 5, and contains a special revelation for St. John to make: cp. Revelation... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 10:5-7

(5-7) And the angel . . .—Translate, And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted his right hand to the heaven, and sware in (or, by) Him who liveth unto the ages of the ages, who created the heaven, and the things in it, and the earth, and the things in it, and the sea, and the things in it, that time (i.e., delay, or postponement) should no longer be: but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, whenever he is about to sound (his trumpet) was finished the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 10:1-11

Revelation 10:7 Compare Savonarola's outburst, with a similar oxymoron, in his Advent addresses to the Florentines in 1494. After a scathing exposure of Rome's iniquities, he cries: 'Hasten the chastisement and the scourge, that we may quickly return to Thee.... The only hope that now remains to us, is that the sword of God may soon smite the earth.' Reference. X. 8. A. Whyte, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xliii. p. 403. Revelation 10:10 Although Divine inspiration must certainly have been... read more

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