Revelation 6:15

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 6:12-17

(12-17) The sixth seal.—The seals follow the lines laid down by our Lord in Matthew 24:0. There He tells His disciples that wars (Revelation 6:6), famines and pestilences (Revelation 6:7), and persecutions (Revelation 6:9) are to be expected; these are necessary features in the history of the world. But these features are described by our Master as preliminary to His Coming and the end of the world (Matthew 24:3), and that when these had wrought their work then the Coming of the Son of Man... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 6:15-17

(15-17) And the kings . . .—Translate, And the kings of the earth, and the magnates, and the commanders of hosts, and the wealthy, and the strong, and every man, bond and free, hid themselves (going) into the caves and into the rocks of the mountains; and say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the day, the great (day) of His wrath came (or, is come); and who is able to stand? In the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 6:1-17

Revelation 6:2 The motto of the Moravian Church is ' Vicit Agnus noster, eum sequamur '. ('Our Lamb has conquered, let us follow Him.') Revelation 6:8 Death appears mounted on a horse, not on a throne; he arrives, he passes by. C. G. Rossetti. Dr. John Brown, in the second series of Horae Subsecivae, describes a sermon by Dr. Chalmers on the reign of death, and on death as a tremendous necessity. Towards the end, 'in a few plain sentences, he stated the truth as to sin entering, and death by... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

CHAPTER IV.THE SEALED ROLL OPENED. Revelation 6:1-17.WITH the sixth chapter of the Apocalypse the main action of the book may be said properly to begin. Three sections of the seven into which it is divided have already passed under our notice. The fourth section, extending from chap. 6:1 to chap. 18:24, is intended to bring before us the struggle of the Church, the judgment of God upon her enemies, and her final victory. No detail of historical events in which these things are fulfilled need be... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Revelation 6:1-17

CHAPTERS 6 The Opening of the Seven Seals 1. The first seal (Revelation 6:1-2 ) 2. The second seal (Revelation 6:3-4 ) 3. The third seal (Revelation 6:5-6 ) 4. The fourth seal (Revelation 6:7-8 ) 5. The fifth seal (Revelation 6:9-11 ) 6. The sixth seal (Revelation 6:12-17 ) 7. Parenthesis: The remnant of Israel (Revelation 7:1-8 ) 8. The saved multitude (Revelation 7:9-17 ) 9. The seventh seal (Revelation 8:1-5 ) Revelation 6:1-2 . The Lamb, invested with all the authority to execute... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Revelation 6:15

6:15 {10} And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;(10) The event of the sign before: that there is no man who will not be amazed at that worldwide upheaval, fly away in fear and hide himself in this verse, and wish to die, because of the exceeding horror of the wrath of God, and of the Lamb, at which before he was amazed. Now... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:1-17

The First Seal: The White Horse (vv. 1-2) In the Lamb's opening of the seals our sight is transferred again to earth, but John does not return there. His vision is from heaven. The first seal (v. 1) indicates the beginning of Daniel's seventieth week (Daniel 9:27). In Daniel 9:1-27, beginning with verse 24, Daniel is told that after seven "weeks" (or "sevens") and sixty-two "weeks" Messiah would be cut off (vv. 25-26). This has proven to be 69 weeks of years, which brings us to the exact... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

THE SEVEN SEALS This section might also be entitled “The things which shall be hereafter.” It is assumed that the true church is not upon the earth at the beginning of chapter 4, but that the translation of 1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 has taken place. Christendom is here, but the church is with the Lord in the air. To some this may seem a bold assumption, but not to those who have pursued the study of the earlier books in this commentary. To them it will appear natural and proper that the church... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Revelation 6:12-17

(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; (13) And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind. (14) And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. (15) And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:12-17

12-17 When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative descriptions of great changes abound in the prophecies of Scripture; for these events are emblems, and declare the end of the world and the day of judgment. Dread and terror would seize on all sorts of men. Neither grandeur, riches, valour, nor strength, can support men at that time. They would be glad to be no more seen; yea, to have no... read more

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