Revelation 6:5-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:3-11

Scenes of suffering. No sooner has the vision of the Conqueror passed before the eye of the seer, than a darkening series in slow procession bring him from the contemplation of the source of the Church's comfort and hope to the scene of the Church's conflict, the earth. Herein is depicted the afflictions through which the Church should pass. Well was it that an assurance had been given of final triumph. Always from conditions of sorrow the Church could look back upon the great and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:5

And when he had opened the third seal; when he opened, as in the case of the other seals (see on Revelation 6:3 ). I heard the third beast say; the third living being saying. (On the living beings, see Revelation 4:6 .) Wordsworth takes the third living being to be that with the human face, and considers it to be typical of the whole vision of the third seal, by symbolizing the source of the next trial of the Church; namely, the rise of heresy, which he thinks is depicted by... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say; I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures, saying (Revised Version). The speaker is not perceived by St. John; the words proceed from somewhere near the throne (but the exact situation is left doubtful), which is surrounded by the four living creatures (see on Revelation 4:6 for the consideration both of the position and of the nature of the four living creatures). Alford points out the appropriateness of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:5-6

And when he had opened the third seal - Unfolding another portion of the volume. See the notes on Revelation 5:1.I heard the third beast say, Come and see - See the notes on Revelation 4:7. It is not apparent why the third beast is represented as taking a particular interest in the opening of this seal (compare the notes on Revelation 6:3), nor is it necessary to show why it was so. The general design seems to have been, to represent each one of the four living creatures as interested in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:5-6

Revelation 6:5-6. And when he had opened the third seal I heard the third living creature Which was like a man, and had his station in the south; say As the two former had done; Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse A fit emblem of mourning and distress; particularly a black famine, as the ancient poets termed it. And he that sat on him had a pair of balances, or scales, in his hand Implying that men should eat their bread by weight, and drink their water by measure, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

6:1-8:5 THE SEVEN SEALSMuch of the next part of the book records three series of judgment visions that John saw - the seven seals (6:1-8:5), the seven trumpets (8:6-11:19) and the seven bowls of wrath (15:1-16:21). John also saw another series of visions, the seven thunders, but God did not allow him to record them (10:3-4). This is a reminder that God has not given us all the information about what he is doing, and will yet do, as he brings his purposes in the world to fulfilment.In the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:5

beheld = saw, Revelation 6:1 . lo = behold, Revelation 6:2 . black. Signifying famine. See Lamentations 4:4-8 , &c. pair, &c. = balance. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:6

heard. The texts add "as it were". voice. Same as noise, Revelation 6:1 . measure. Greek. choenix ; . App-51 . penny. App-51 . Bread by weight means scarcity (compare Ezekiel 4:10 , Ezekiel 4:16 , Ezekiel 4:17 ). A denarius was a day's wage (Matthew 20:2 ), and a choenix of corn was a slave's daily ration, an amount usually purchasable for one-eighth of a denarius. see. Omit, and read the clause "and hurt thou not" ( App-105 ). oil . . . wine. By Figure of speech Metalepsis this may... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 6:5

And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw and behold a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand. And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and wine hurt thou not.Practically all commentators find here a symbol of great "economic difficulty and inequality.[24] The specter of bread being sold by... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 6:5-6

Revelation 6:5-6. When he had opened the third seal, &c.— The third seal or period is characterized by the strict execution of justice and judgment, and by the procuration of corn, oil, and wine; and was proclaimed by the third living creature, who was like a man, and had his station in the South. The measure of corn mentioned, Rev 6:6 is, in the original, a choenix, which was a man's daily allowance as a penny was his daily wages; so that if his daily labour could earn no more than his... read more

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