Revelation 6:9-10 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:3-11

Scenes of suffering. No sooner has the vision of the Conqueror passed before the eye of the seer, than a darkening series in slow procession bring him from the contemplation of the source of the Church's comfort and hope to the scene of the Church's conflict, the earth. Herein is depicted the afflictions through which the Church should pass. Well was it that an assurance had been given of final triumph. Always from conditions of sorrow the Church could look back upon the great and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:9

And when he had opened the fifth seal; and when he opened, as in Revelation 6:1 , Revelation 6:3 , Revelation 6:5 , Revelation 6:7 , which see. The second group of visions connected with the opening of the seals now commences. The first group deals with events more immediately attached to this life. By the visions of the first four seals St. John has shown that it is with God's knowledge and consent that afflictions and persecutions are allowed to try the faith of his servants on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:9-10

Departed martyrs. "And when he had opened," etc. By common consent this is a sketch of departed martyrs, i.e. men "that were slain for the Word of God, and for the testimony which they held." If they bad been slain for anything else they would not have been martyrs. I. THEY LIVE IN SACRED SECURITY . "I saw under the altar the souls of them." The "souls," not the bodies; the bodies had been destroyed, their ashes were left Souls can exist apart from the body—a wonderful fact... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:10

And they cried with a loud voice, saying; i.e. the souls cried. Ebrard, Dusterdieck, Hengstenberg, make "the slain" nominative, in contradistinction to the "souls," which is both unnecessary and unnatural. Zullig compares Genesis 4:10 , "The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground." How long? (comp. Zechariah 1:12 , Zechariah 1:13 , "How long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem? And the Lord answered with good words and comfortable words"). No doubt the souls... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:9-11

And when he had opened the fifth seal - notes at Revelation 5:1; Revelation 6:1.I saw under the altar - The four living creatures are no longer heard as in the opening of the first four seals. No reason is given for the change in the manner of the representation; and none can be assigned, unless it be, that having represented each one of the four living creatures in their turn as calling attention to the remarkable events about to occur, there seemed to be no necessity or propriety in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:9-10

Revelation 6:9-10. The following seals have nothing extrinsical, like the proclamation of the living creatures, but they are sufficiently distinguished by their internal marks and characters. When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under, or at the foot of, the altar Which was presented to my view; not the golden altar of incense, mentioned Revelation 9:13, but the altar of burnt-offering, spoken of also Revelation 8:5; Revelation 14:18; Revelation 16:7; the souls of them that were slain ... 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 6:9

altar. Greek. thusiasterion. First of eight occurances. souls. See App-110 and App-170 Compare App-13 . were = had been. word. App-121 . God. App-98 . testimony. See John 1:7 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:10

loud = great. voice. As Abel's blood was said to cry (Genesis 4:10 ). Lord. App-98 . holy = the Holy. true = the True. judge. App-122 . avenge. See Deuteronomy 32:43 .Luke 18:3 . A call consistent with the day of judgment, not with the present day of grace. on. apo. App-104 . but the texts read ek. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 6:9

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:The opening of this seal intimately concerns the fortunes of God's church, showing that, "God is not unmindful of the death of the martyrs."[34] "John is still in heaven, therefore the altar represents the altar of incense in heaven";[35] but, to be sure, there is no actual altar in heaven; the thing being symbolized is that of the saints... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:3-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 6:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:9-11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:9

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:10

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 6:9

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