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Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:1-13

CHAPTER VI.THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS.Revelation 8:1-13; Revelation 9:1-21.THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which had been interrupted in order that these two visions might be interposed.Six Seals had been opened in chap. 6; the opening of the seventh follows: - "And when He opened the seventh seal, there followed silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. And I saw the seven angels which stand before God; and there... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 8:6-13

CHAPTERS 8:6-11:18 The Sounding of the Seven Trumpets 1. The first trumpet (Revelation 8:6-7 ) 2. The second trumpet (Revelation 8:8-9 ) 3. The third trumpet (Revelation 8:10-11 ) 4. The fourth trumpet (Revelation 8:12-13 ) 5. The fifth trumpet (Revelation 9:1-12 ) 6. The sixth trumpet (Revelation 9:13-21 ) 7. Parenthesis: The angel and the little book (Revelation 10:1-11 ) 8. The temple (Revelation 11:1-2 ) 9. The two witnesses (Revelation 11:3-12 ) 10. The earthquake and the... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 8:13

8:13 {10} And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!(10) A lamentable prediction or foretelling of those parts of the divine execution which yet are behind: which also is a passage to the argument of the next chapter. Of all these things in a manner Christ himself expressly foretold in Lu 21:24 and they are... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-13

The Seventh Seal Opened: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given to seven angels. The seals have been only the beginning of God's working behind the scenes in reference to judgment. The trumpets indicate a ringing, declared testimony to all the world. The silence first shows the calm, quiet deliberation that will do nothing in undue haste. Also, before the angels... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:2-13

THE SEVEN TRUMPETS We have here another illustration of the law of recurrence, for in these chapters we are going over the ground of the last, though certain features are being added which were not then revealed. In other words, it is still the Tribulation Period. INTRODUCTION (Revelation 8:2-5 ) In the previous lesson the Introduction included the vision of “The Throne, the Lamb and the Book,” while here it is the revelation of the angel and the incense. There is no satisfactory... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 8:13

And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound! What is said in this verse hath no connexion with the former, neither doth it form a part of the trumpet proclamations. It is not one of the seven Angels who had the seven trumpets, but another angel which John beheld flying through the midst of heaven, that as... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Revelation 8:13

The voice of one eagle: in divers Greek copies, of an Angel, saying, Woe, woe, woe! It is to fortell, in general, greater punishments and miseries. The Protestant translation has followed those Greek copies that read an Angel; but Dr. Wells, in his amendments, has restored that reading of an eagle which the ancient Latin interpreter had met with. (Witham) --- An eagle, on account of its swiftness, is here represented as chosen to announce by its cry of woe on the three succeeding ages of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:7-13

7-13 The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood. A storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors falling on the church, or a tempest of destruction. The second angel sounded, and a great mountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea; and the third part of the sea became blood. By this mountain some understand leaders of the persecutions; others, Rome sacked by the Goths and Vandals, with great slaughter and cruelty. The third angel... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - Revelation 8:1-99

Revelation 8 THE OPENING OF the sixth seal (Revelation 6.12-6.17 ), produced great convulsions, affecting both the heavens and the earth, which brought terror into the hearts of all. Then came a pause; the winds of heaven being arrested until the servants of God were sealed. Chapter 8 brings us to the opening of the seventh seal and again there is a pause, described as “silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.” What transpires on earth during that time is not stated. Divine judgment,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Revelation 8:10-13

The sounding of the third and fourth trumpets: v. 10. And the third angel sounded, and there fell a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon a third art of the rivers and upon the fountains of waters; v. 11. and the name of the star is called Wormwood; and the third art of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter. v. 12. And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten and the third part of... read more