Revelation 6:15

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:12-17

And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal - See the notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1.And, lo, there was a great earthquake - Before endeavoring to ascertain to what the sixth seal was designed to refer, it is proper, as in the previous cases, to furnish a particular explanation of the meaning of the symbols. All the symbols represented in the opening of this seal denote consternation, commotion, changes; but still they are all significant, and we are to suppose that something would... read more

Joseph Benson

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 6:15

the kings of the earth. See App-197 . As regards the social fabric, the present conditions will exist when the Lord comes. great men. Greek. megistanea. Only here; Revelation 18:23 .Mark 6:21 . men, man = ones, one. mighty. Greek. ischuros (with the texts). As in Revelation 19:18 . Compare App-172 . bondman. App-190 . every. Omit. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 6:15

And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains; and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?It is the presence of the Lamb in this scene that separates it from all similar... 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 6:15

15. kings . . . hid themselves—Where was now the spirit of those whom the world has so greatly feared? [BENGEL]. great men—statesmen and high civil officers. rich men . . . chief captains—The three oldest manuscripts, A, B, C, transpose thus, "chief captains . . . rich men." mighty—The three oldest manuscripts, A, B, and C read, "strong" physically ( :-). in—literally "into"; ran into, so as to hide themselves in. dens—"caves." 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

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 6:15-16

The reaction of every category of humanity all over the world is amazing. It indicates that people’s perception of God and the Lamb in heaven will be far more terrifying to them than the physical consequences of this judgment. Whereas the martyrs cry, "Avenge us" (Revelation 6:10), these unbelievers cry, "Hide us.""What sinners dread most is not death, but having to stand before a holy and righteous God." [Note: Ibid., p. 456. Cf. Swete, p. 94.] Literal interpretation does not rule out the use... 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

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