Revelation 6:12 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:12-17

Revelation 6:12-17. And I beheld Further in my vision; when he The Lamb; had opened the sixth seal; and lo! there was a great earthquake Greek, σεισμος μεγας εγενετο , there was a great concussion: for the expression comprehends the shaking of heaven as well as of the earth; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair It lost its usual lustre, and looked black and dark, as in a total eclipse; and the moon became as blood Instead of appearing with its usual brightness in the... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

6:1-8:5 THE SEVEN SEALSMuch of the next part of the book records three series of judgment visions that John saw - the seven seals (6:1-8:5), the seven trumpets (8:6-11:19) and the seven bowls of wrath (15:1-16:21). John also saw another series of visions, the seven thunders, but God did not allow him to record them (10:3-4). This is a reminder that God has not given us all the information about what he is doing, and will yet do, as he brings his purposes in the world to fulfilment.In the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:12

sixth seal. The signs immediately preceding the Advent of Revelation 19:0 . Matthew 24:4-5 (1st. The False Messiah), Revelation 6:1-2 Matthew 24:6-7 (2nd. Wars.) Revelation 6:3-4 Matthew 24:7 (3rd. Famines.) Revelation 6:5-6 Matthew 24:7 (4th. Pestilences.) Revelation 6:7-8 ) Matthew 24:8-28 (5th Martyrdoms.) Revelation 6:9-11 Matthew 24:29-30 (6th. Signs in heaven of Advent.) Revelation 6:12-17 . lo. Omit. was = came to be. earthquake. Greek. seismos. See Haggai 2:6 , Haggai 2:7 , Haggai... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 6:12

And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became as blood;This and the following five verses are a prophetic description of the Second Advent and the judgment of the great day. There is no way that the total imagery of these amazing verses can be accommodated to any other view.Smith said, "The events here must be placed at the end of this age."[45] "It is the day of the Lord's summing up of all... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 6:12-17

Revelation 6:12-17. I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, &c.— The sixth seal or period produces mighty changes and revolutions, which, according to the prophetic style, are expressed by great commotions in the earth, and in the heavens. The very same images, the very same expressions are used by the other prophets concerning the mutations and alterations of religions and governments; and why may they not therefore, with equal propriety and fitness, be applied to one of the greatest... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:12

12. As Revelation 6:4; Revelation 6:6-8, the sword, famine, and pestilence, answer to Matthew 24:6; Matthew 24:7; Revelation 6:9; Revelation 6:10, as to martyrdoms, answer to Matthew 24:9; Matthew 24:10; so this passage, Revelation 6:12; Revelation 6:17, answers to Matthew 24:29; Matthew 24:30, "the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven; . . . then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming";... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 6:12-13

Next God will send a tremendous earthquake that will rock the whole world (cf. Luke 21:11). The darkening of the sun (cf. Isaiah 13:10; Ezekiel 32:7-8; Joel 2:10; Joel 2:31; Amos 8:9; Matthew 24:29; Mark 13:24-25; Luke 21:25), the reddening of the moon (cf. Joel 2:31; Acts 2:20), and the falling of the stars to earth (a meteor-like shower?) appear from the context to be consequences of this judgment. A less likely possibility is that they will be unrelated phenomena.That the stars do not... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 6:12-17

6. The sixth seal 6:12-17The scene now shifts back to earth."The entire passage in every clause utilizes well known prophetic anticipations of the day of the Lord, and by his use of these images John identifies the day for his readers. One may check this by consulting the chief scriptures John employs, notably Joel 2:10; Joel 2:30 f., Isaiah 13:9 ff; Isaiah 2:10 ff; Isaiah 34:4, Ezekiel 32:7 f., Hosea 10:8. These passages depict the concomitants of the day of the Lord and supply John with all... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:1-17

The Six SealsThe afflicted Church has been reminded in Revelation 4 f. that God is over all, and that the future is committed to the Lamb. Now (Revelation 6 - Revelation 8:1) she is shown that future, unrolling to its appointed end, i.e. the judgment of the enemies of God and the triumph of those who ’overcome.’ The Lamb opens the seven seals. Apparently we are to understand that, as each seal is opened, a portion of that which is written in the book is revealed pictorially. Revelation 7... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 6:12-14

(12-14) And I beheld . . .—Better, And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and (omit “lo!”) a great shaking took place, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon all became as blood, and the stars of the heaven fell to the earth, as a fig-tree casts its winter figs when shaken by a great wind, and the heaven departed like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. It is well to keep in mind the parallel imagery of the Old... read more