Apocalypse 6:12-7:8, Apocalypse 7:2 BDS

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 6:12

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal; the sixth of those seals with which the book was sealed, mentioned Revelation 5:1; this signifieth the revelation of some things which should happen in some certain period of time, but what period is the question, as to which interpreters differ. Some think, the time when Jerusalem was taken; but this was a time past twenty-six or twenty-seven years before John was in Patmos, where he had this vision about things that shall be, Revelation 1:1;... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

CALAMITIES ON THE OPENING OF SIX SEALSCRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESTHE first catastrophe, or overthrow of the Jewish persecuting power, is the subject of chaps. 6–11. Some take the subject in a more general way, as being the relation of Christianity to great universal evils.Revelation 6:1 One.—ἑνός, the first of the living ones. Come and see.—Properly only the word “Come.” This cry is not to the seer, but to the riders, who immediately begin to appear. Some take the invitation as “addressed to... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

Chapter 6Now in chapter six, He begins to open the scroll.And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four living creatures saying, Come and see. And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer ( Revelation 6:1-2 ).And so the first thing that takes place upon the earth once the church has been taken out, the moment this first seal is... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:1-17

Revelation 6:1 . One of the living creatures, that is, the lion, with a voice roaring like thunder, said, Come and see. The saints must keep their eyes on what the Lord is doing in the earth. Revelation 6:2 . He went forth conquering, and to conquer. Christ having put down the jews, gave power to the apostles to subdue the nations to the faith; and the word of the Lord had free course, and was glorified. Revelation 6:4 . There went out another horse that was red, whose rider was... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 6:1-17

Revelation 6:1-17The Lamb opened one of the seals.The development of good and evil in human historyI. The development of good in human history.1. The good is embodied in a personal life. “He that sat,” etc. “Grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.” He was the Right--incarnate, living, acting; and this, not only during His corporeal life here, but in all His disciples through all times.2. The good embodied in a personal life is aggressive in its action. “He went forth,” etc. Wherever the sunbeams... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:12

12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; Ver. 12. There was a great earthquake ] Understand hereby those horrible commotions and confusions that occured in the Roman empire upon those ten bloody persecutions, and the earnest supplications of the saints which can work wonders in heaven and earth. The death and destruction of the persecutors was (as it was said of the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 6:12

there: Revelation 8:5, Revelation 11:13, Revelation 16:18, 1 Kings 19:11-1 Chronicles :, Isaiah 29:6, Amos 1:1, Zechariah 14:5, Matthew 24:7, Matthew 27:54, Matthew 28:2 the sun: Isaiah 13:9, Isaiah 13:10, Isaiah 24:23, Isaiah 60:19, Isaiah 60:20, Ezekiel 32:7, Ezekiel 32:8, Joel 2:10, Joel 2:30, Joel 2:31, Joel 3:15, Amos 8:9, Haggai 2:6, Haggai 2:7, Haggai 2:21, Haggai 2:22, Matthew 24:29, Matthew 27:45, Mark 13:24, Mark 13:25, Mark 15:33, Luke 23:44, Luke 23:45, Acts 2:19, Acts 2:20 ... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 6:12

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;And I saw — This sixth seal seems particularly to point out God's judgment on the wicked departed. St. John saw how the end of the world was even then set before those unhappy spirits. This representation might be made to them, without anything of it being perceived upon earth. The like representation is made in heaven, Revelation... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:12

Sixth seal Final earthly DISSOLUTION AND DOOM, Revelation 6:12-17. 12. And ”The interpretation of the sixth seal,” says Alford truly, “is a crucial point in apocalyptic exegesis. We may unhesitatingly set down all interpretations as wrong which view as the fulfilment of this passage any period except the coming of the Lord.” The parallel passages are Matthew 24:29-35; Matthew 25:31-46. Hengstenberg’s objection, that the resurrection and other things are omitted, is equally true of both... read more