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Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Revelation 6:9

I saw: Revelation 8:3, Revelation 9:13, Revelation 14:18, Leviticus 4:7, John 16:2,*Gr: Philippians 2:17, 2 Timothy 4:6 the souls: Revelation 20:4, 2 Corinthians 5:8, Philippians 1:23 slain: Revelation 1:9, Revelation 2:13, Revelation 11:3-Judges :, Revelation 12:11-Esther :, Revelation 19:10, 2 Timothy 1:8 Reciprocal: 2 Kings 9:7 - I may avenge 2 Chronicles 24:22 - The Lord Psalms 9:12 - When Psalms 44:24 - forgettest Psalms 72:14 - precious Isaiah 26:21 - also Isaiah 47:3 - I will take... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Revelation 6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:And when he opened the fifth seal — As the four former seals, so the three latter, have a close connexion with each other. These all refer to the invisible world; the fifth, to the happy dead, particularly the martyrs; the sixth, to the unhappy; the seventh, to the angels, especially those to whom the trumpets are given.And I saw — Not only... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:9

9. Under the altar The altar of the temple in Revelation 11:1, namely, of the scenic earthly Jerusalem. Note Revelation 4:11. It is not the altar of incense, but the grand altar of sacrifice. The law was, The whole blood of the bullock shall be poured at the bottom of the altar of burnt-offering, which is before the tabernacle of the congregation. Leviticus 4:7. And as the blood is the animal soul or life, so symbolically the souls of those who had been sacrificed for their faith are... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:9-11

Three Spiritual Seals, Revelation 6:9 to Revelation 8:6. Fifth seal Cry from souls under the altar =PERSECUTION, Revelation 6:9-11. The four creational seals are past. We have henceforward no Come of the beasts, no symbolic horses, no further secular and earthly troubles. We now rise into a more spiritual region. And the vision represents its meaning less by symbol and more by definite picture. The martyrs, the dissolution of the probationary system, and the passage to the next series of... read more

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