Revelation 8:1, Revelation 8:3, Revelation 8:4 KJV

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-6

1-6 The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a space; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries through oppression, that cry reaches up to heaven; or it is a silence of expectation. Trumpets were given to the angels, who were to sound them. The Lord Jesus is the High Priest of the church, having a golden censer, and much incense, fulness of merit in his own glorious person. Would that men studied to know the fulness that is in Christ, and... 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 8:1-6

The Third Vision and the Opening of the Seventh Seal. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets: v. 1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. v. 2. And I saw the seven, angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. v. 3. And another angel came and stood at the altar having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Revelation 8:1-13

B.—EΑRTH-PICTURE OF THE SEVEN PENITENIAL TRUMPETS, ISSUING FROM THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTH SEALRevelation 8:1 to Revelation 9:211. Opening of the Seventh SealRevelation 8:1-61And when he had [om. had] opened the seventh seal, there was [ἐγένετο=supervened] silence in [ins. the] heaven about the space of [om. the space of] half an hour. 2And I saw the seven angels which [who] stood [stand1] before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3And another angel came and stood at [or before2] the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Revelation 8:1-13

The seventh seal includes the seven trumpets. What a contrast that pause must have been to the jubilant songs of the great multitude! In the Jewish temple, we are told, the musical instruments and chanting resounded during the offering of the sacrifices, which occupied the first part of the service; but at the offering of the incense a solemn silence was observed, Psalms 62:1 . The people prayed quietly without, at the time of incense. What a glimpse is here afforded of the intercession of our... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Revelation 8:1-13

The seventh and last seal on the scroll is broken. On earth uproar and strife follow as at Babel, but in heaven silence for half an hour. Then follows the sounding of trumpets initiating activities leading to the ultimate manifestation of the King. At the sounding of the first trumpet a great storm breaks over the earth. At the sounding of the second, terrific disturbance occurs in the sea. At the sound of the third comes a terrible poisoning of the waters, bringing death. At the sounding of... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 8:1-13

The Seven Trumpets Revelation 8:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The seventh seal. The sixth seal was opened in the closing statements of Revelation 6:1-17 . The seventh chapter, which was studied in our last two chapters, was a parenthesis. We now approach the opening of the seventh seal. The opening of this seal led to a "silence in Heaven about the space of half an hour." We judge by this that the seventh seal was filled with momentous judgments. There is no more said, however, of the seventh... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1

THE SECOND VISION CONTINUED. The Seventh Seal is Opened. The First Six Trumpets (Revelation 8:1 - Revelation 9:21 ). ‘And when he opened the seventh seal there followed a silence in Heaven about the space of half an hour.’ The seventh seal is chronologically parallel to the occurrences in the first six seals (as we have noted the sixth seal ends with the second coming and the final judgment. The seventh seal could not follow that). Its content thus occurs at the same time as the events in... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 8:1-5

Revelation 8:1 . silence in heaven: the explanation of this “ silence” has always puzzled commentators. The usual interpretation is in the words of C. A. Scott (Cent.B, p. 198 ): “ It suggests the wistful or alarmed uncertainty with which the end of the silence was awaited. The silence big with fate conveys as nothing else could the sense of trembling suspense.” Charles’ s theory, that Revelation 8:2 is out of place and the “ silence in heaven” is explained in Revelation 8:3-Deuteronomy :,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 8:1

And when he; that is, the Lamb, mentioned Revelation 5:7, who took the book out of the hand of him that sat upon the throne, the book of God’s counsels, and had now revealed mysteriously to John what should come to pass (under all the pagan emperors) to the church of Christ, until the time of Constantine the Great, who, (as was said), about the year 325, had settled the Christian religion, and shut up all the idols’ temples, having conquered the apostate Licinius. Had opened the seventh seal;... read more