Revelation 6:1-6 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:1-2

Here, 1. Christ, the Lamb, opens the first seal; he now enters upon the great work of opening and accomplishing the purposes of God towards the church and the world. 2. One of the ministers of the church calls upon the apostle, with a voice like thunder, to come near, and observe what then appeared. 3. We have the vision itself, Rev. 6:2. (1.) The Lord Jesus appears riding on a white horse. White horses are generally refused in war, because they make the rider a mark for the enemy; but our... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:3-8

The next three seals give us a sad prospect of great and desolating judgments with which God punishes those who either refuse or abuse the everlasting gospel. Though some understand them of the persecutions that befel the church of Christ, and others of the destruction of the Jews, they rather seem more generally to represent God's terrible judgments, by which he avenges the quarrel of his covenant upon those who make light of it. I. Upon opening the second seal, to which John was called to... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 6:1-8

As one by one the seals of the roll are opened, history unfolds itself before John's eyes. As we study this section, we must remember one general fact which is basic to its understanding. In this series of visions John is seeing in advance the end of terror and judgment which could bring in the golden age of God. Before we study the section in detail, we note one general point. In the first section of the visions, Revelation 6:1-8 , the King James Version consistently follows a form of... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 6:1-8

6:1-8 And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a loud voice like the sound of thunder, "Come!" And I saw, and, behold, a white horse, and he who was seated on it had a bow, and a conqueror's crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and to conquer. And, when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" And there came forth another horse blood-red in colour, and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1

And I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seals ,.... Of the sealed book; one of the seven seals of it, as read the Alexandrian copy, the Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions, and the Complutensian edition; that is, the first; so "one" is used for first in Genesis 1:5 ; and as appears from the following seals being called second, third, fourth, &c.; These seals express events to be fulfilled; and therefore cannot respect the steps towards, and the signs of Jerusalem's destruction,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:2

And I saw, and behold a white horse ,.... Representing the ministration of the Gospel in the times of the apostles, which were just now finishing, John being the last of them, who saw this vision; and the "horse" being a swift, majestic, and warlike creature, and fearless of opposition and war, may design the swift progress of the Gospel in the world, the majesty, power, and authority with which it came, and opposition it met with, and which was bore down before it; and its "white" colour... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:3

And when he had opened the second seal ,.... Of the sealed book; that is, the Lamb, as before: I heard the second beast say, come and see ; this living creature was the ox, whose situation was on the west side of the throne, as the standard of Ephraim, on which was an ox, was on the west of the camp of Israel; no mention is made of the noise of thunder, as before, the voice of the ox being lower than that of the lion; and this perhaps may point out a decrease in the Gospel ministry; to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:4

And there went out another horse, that was red ,.... Which may be an emblem either of the suffering state of the church, being answerable to the Smyrnaean one, as the purity and power of the Gospel, represented in the former seal, may answer to the Ephesine church; or else of those contentions and divisions occasioned among men through the Gospel, which, though of a peaceable nature, yet, through the corruption and depravity of men, brings not peace, but a sword; or rather of those bloody... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:5

And when he had opened the third seal ,.... Of the sealed book: I heard the third beast say, come and see ; this living creature was that which was like a man, who was on the south side of the throne, as the standard of Reuben, which had the figure of a man, was on the south side of the camp of Israel; this was not the Apostle Paul, as Grotius thinks, to whom was made a prophecy of a famine in the days of Claudius Caesar; nor Tertullian, who made an apology for the Christians in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:6

And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say ,.... Not the voice of Agabus to the Apostle Paul, Acts 11:28 ; but rather of Christ, who was in the midst of them, Revelation 5:6 ; the Ethiopic version adds, "as the voice of an eagle": a measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny ; "Choenix", the measure here used, signifies as much as was sufficient for a man for one day, as a penny was the usual hire of a labourer for a day, Matthew 20:2 ; so a... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:1-2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 6:3-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 6:1-8

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 6:1-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:5

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:6

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