e ver. 4. fch. 5. 12. down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory and the honour and the power: for thou didst create all things, and because of thy will Acts 14. 15. they were, and were created. g ch. 10. 6 & 14. 7. Gen. 1. 1. Eph. 3. 9, al. Gen. 49. 9. 2 Esd. 12. 31, 32. m Heb.7.14. n ch. 22. 16. Isai. 11. 1, 10. Rom. 15. 12. Cp. Ecclus. 47. 22. Over ch. 13, 8. Isai. 53. 7. John 1. 29, 98. 1 Pet. 1. 19. & 4. 10. q Seech. 1.4. 10. 8 ch. 14. 2 & 15. 2. tCp. ch. 15. 7. h I And I saw in the right hand 5 of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon. 4 And v & 150. 6. thousands of thousands; 12 saying 6 e I And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying "as with a voice of thunder, Come 5. 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth m conquering, and to conquer. & 19. 4. e ver. 8. See ch. 4. 10. ch.5.1. 5-7. 9 ch. 4. 7. ch. 14. 2 & 19. 6. i ch. 22. 20. Zech. 6.3. 4,5 & Zech. 9. n ch. 4. 7. Zech. 1.8 & 6. 2. 3 And when he opened the second Cp. Zech. seal, I heard "the second living creature saying, Come5. 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given Pto take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. p Cp. Matt. 24. 6, 7. 10. 34 I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and P seven eyes, which are the 3 seven Zech.3.9 Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came, and he 4 taketh it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the four r See ch. 4. and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, " which are the prayers of "the saints. 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for w thou wast slain, and ch. 14.3, 4. didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation, 10 and madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and 2 See ch.1.6. they reign upon the earth. II And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was a ten thousand times ten thousand, and 1 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. 2 Gr. on. 3 Some ancient authorities add and see. 6 Some ancient authorities read the peace of the 7 Gr. chonix, a small measure. 8 See marginal note on Matt. 18. 28. 5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard "the third living creature saying, Come 5. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he Zech. 6. 2. that sat thereon had a balance in his hand. 6 And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not. 7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of " the fourth living creature saying, Come. 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale Cp. Zech. horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of the earth, to kill "with sword, and with famine, and 3 Some ancient authorities omit seven. 4 Gr. hath 21. Ezek. 14. 2Eed. 15. 5. Lev. 26.22. With 'death, and "by the wild beasts of the earth. Deut. 32. 24. & 16. 7. 2 ch. 20. 4. y ch. 1. 9. z See ch. 1.2. a Cp. Ps. 94. 3 & Zech. 1. 12. d 9 And when he opened the fifth w ch. 14. 18 seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been 2 Esd. 4.35. slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying, "How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? II And there was given them to each one Ja white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also and their brethren, which should be killed even as they were, ishould be fulfilled. b ch. 3. 7. ech. 11. 18. & 19. 2. d Ps. 79. 10 & 119. 84. Luke 18. 7,8. e See ch. 3. 10. f ch. 3. 4 & 7. 9. 9 ch. 14. 13. Cp. Heb. 11. 40. i Cp. Gen. 15. 16. jch. 11. 13 & 16. 18. k See Matt. 24. 29. Isai. 50. 3. m Cp. ch. 8. 10 & 9. 1. Isai. 34. 4. o Cp. ch. 20. 11 & 21. 1. p ch. 16. 20. Cp. Isai.54. 10 & Jer. 4.24 h 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; 13and mthe stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, "as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs, when she is shaken of a great wind. 14 And the heaven was removed "as a scroll when it is rolled up; and Pevery mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the 3 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; 16" 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: 17 for the great day of their wrath is come; Zeph.1.14, and "who is able to stand? & Ezek. 38. 20 & Nah.1. 5. Isai. 2. 19, 21. Hos. 10. 8. Luke 23. 30. 8 ch. 4. 2. t Jer. 30. 7. Joel 2. 11, 31. al. u Ezra 9. 15. Ps. 76. 7. Mal. 3. 2. Luke 21.36. v Jer. 49. 36. Dan. 7. 2. w Cp. ver. 3. y ch. 9. 4. After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding "the four winds of the earth, "that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree. 2 And I saw ch. 16. 12. another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of the liv ing God: and he cried with a great voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 saying, Hurt not the Ezek. 9.4. earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed, a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every tribe of the children of Israel. 5 of the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand : Of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand: 6 Of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand: 7 Of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand: 8 Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand: Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. 9 After these things I saw, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, dout of every nation, and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands; 10 and they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God which sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb. II And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12/saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God 13 And for ever and ever. Amen. one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These which are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and whence came they? 14 And I 6 say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which come out of the great tribulation, and 'they washed their robes, and made them white nin the blood of the Lamb. 15 Therefore are they before the throne of ch. 1. 5. 2 Some ancient authorities read have fulfilled their course. 3 Or, military tribunes 4 Gr. The blessing, and the glory, &c. 5 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. 6 Gr. have Zech. 3. 12. 10 z ch. 5. 8. a ch. 9. 13. Ex. 30. 1, 3. b Cp. Ps. 141. 2. God; and they serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne P shall spread his tabernacle over them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither "shall the sun strike upon them, nor any heat: 17 for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto fountains of waters of life: and "God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. I And when he opened "the 8 seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets. a 3 And another angel came and y Amos 9.1. stood over the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, 8 with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. 5 And the angel 4 taketh the censer; e Lev. 16. 12. and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and d there followed thunders, and Voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake. 7.8. d Cp. Ps. 18. e See ch. 4.5. ƒ Ex. 9. 23, Ps. 18. 13. Joel 2. 30. ch. 9. 15, 18 h ver. 8-12. & 12. 4. Cp. Zech. 13. 8, 9. i ch. 9. 4. Isai. 2. 13. Cp. Mark 11. 23. e 6 And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 5 7 And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. 8 And the second angel sounded, j Jer. 51.25. and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became blood; 9 and there died the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had 7 Isai. 2. 16. life; and the third part of the ships was destroyed. ch. 11. 6. Cp. Ex. 7. 17, 19. and upon the fountains of the waters; 11 and the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. 12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; that the third part of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for the third part of it, and the night in like manner. 13 And I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth, by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, who are yet to sound. I And the fifth angel sounded, 9 and I saw a star from heaven ch. 8. 10. v Cp. ch.19 q & Luke 10. 18. t See ch. 1. 18. u ver. 2, 11. ch. 11. 7 & 20. 1, 3. &17.8 Luke 8. 31. Cp. Gen. 19. 28 10, Rom. 10. 7. & Isai. 34. w Cp. Joel 2. fallen unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit of "the abyss. 2 And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there went up a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit. 3 And out of the smoke came forth * locusts upon the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was said unto them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only such men as have not "the seal of God a See ch. 7. on their foreheads. 5 And it was given them that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their over. 10. torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when it striketh a man. 6 And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them. 7 And the 7 shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were fas men's faces. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of Joel 1. &. lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and e d 4 Gr. hath taken. 5 Or, into 6 Gr. one eagle. 7 Gr. likenesses. Job 3. 21 Jer. 8. 3. & 7. 15, 16. d Joel 2. 4. Cp. Nah. 3. 17. Dan. 7. 8. "Ex. 30. 3. o Cp. ch. 7 See ch. 8. 7. Ezek. 38. 4. 17 & Dan. 7. 10. t ch. 7. 4. 12. 8 & Isai. 5. 28, 29. 8 : 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from "the horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 one saying to the sixth angel, which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are ch. 16. 12. bound at the great river Euphrates. 15 And the four angels were loosed, which had been prepared for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill the third part of men. 16 And the number of the armies of "the horsemen Cp. Ps. 68. Was twice ten thousand times ten thousand I heard the number of them. 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates as of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone: Cp. 1 Chr. and the heads of the horses are "as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone. 18 By these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of their mouths. 19 For the power of the horses is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents, and have heads; and with them they do hurt. 20 And the rest of mankind, which were not killed with vSec ch. 2. these plagues, "repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship 32 devils, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of See 1 Cor. Wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk: 21 and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts. 21. w Deut. 31. 29. Jer. 1. 16 10. 20. Ps. 115. 4-7 & 135. 15- Dan. 5. 23. 2 ch. 21. 8 & 22. 15. 1 And I saw another strong IO angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed with a cloud; 1 That is, Destroyer. 2 Gr. one voice. ancient authorities omit and the sea and the 8 Gr. saying. 9 Gr. cast without. a a Ezek. 1. ch. 1. 16. 28. Matt. 17. 2. c ch. 1. 15. d ver. 8-10. and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire; 2 and he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the earth; 3 and he cried with a great voice, as a lion roareth: and when e Joel 3, 16. he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5 And the angel which I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6 and sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein, and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall Cp. ch. 12. be 6 time no longer: 7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished the mystery of God, 'according to the good tidings Cp. Amos which he declared to his servants the prophets. 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give me the little book. And he saith unto me, "Take it, and "eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey. 10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made bitter. II And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings. 3 Gr. demons. 4 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. 5 Some things that are therein. 6 Or, delay 7 Or, concerning 17, 20. 8 ch. 12. 6 & 13. 5. Isai. 20. 2. u Zech. 4. 3, 11, 14. Cp. 2 Kin. & Jer. 5. 14. 1. 10, 12 Cp. Num. 16. 29, 35. a Cp. 1 Kin. 17.1 & Luke 4. 17. & James 5. Cp. Ex. 7 z Cp. Ex. 7 19. 10 & 1 Sam. a ch. 17. 8. Cp. ch. 13. 1. b See ch. 9. 1. 8 : 2 holy city shall they tread under foot forty and two months. 3 And I will give unto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, 'clothed in sackcloth. 4 These are the two olive trees and the two 1candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth. 5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, "fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed. 6 These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not during the days of their prophecy and they have power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they shall desire. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, "the beast that cometh up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies lie in the street of d the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 And from among the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon their 2dead bodies three 9 Ps. 79.2, 3. days and a half, and suffer not their dead bodies to be laid in a h Cp. John tomb. 10 And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwell on the earth. 11 And after the three days and a half the breath Ezek. 37.5, of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which beheld them. 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, 'Come up hither. And c Dan. 7. 21. d Cp. ch. 16. 19 (?) &17.18 (7) & 18. 10 (?). e Isai. 1. 10 & 3.9. fCp. Ezek. 23. 3, 8, 19, 27. 16. 20. See ch. 3. i Neh. 8. 10, 12. ed; and "there followed great voices in heaven, and they said, "The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord, and of whis Christ: and he shall reign 4 for ever and ever. 16 And the four and twenty elders, which sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, 17 saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, which art and which wast; because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign. 18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them that destroy the earth. 19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and See Heb. there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake, and great hail. m 9. 4. í ch. 16. 21. Cp. Ps. Cp. S. of S. 6. 10. 104. 2. Cp. Isai. 66. 7-10 & Mic. 4. 10. m Cp. ch. 17. 3 & Isai. n ch. 13. 1 I And a great sign was seen 12 in heaven; a woman arrayed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars; 2 and she was with child: and 'she crieth out, travailing in birth, and in pain to be delivered. 3 And there was seen another sign in heaven; and behold, a great red dragon, "having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads Pseven diadems. 4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven, and "did cast them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which was about to be delivered, that when she was delivered, he might devour her child. 5 And she was delivered of a son, a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron: and her child was "caught up unto God, and unto his throne. 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a thousand two hundred and ch.11.2 threescore days. 8 : 1, & 17.3, 12 Dan. 5. 7. 2 Cp. ch. 1912. g See ch. 8.7. Cp. Matt. r Dan. 8. 10. 2.16. Matt. 2.6. See ch. 2. 7 And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth Jude to war with the dragon; and the 2541. 3 Gr. names of men, seven thousand. 4 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. 5 Or, testament |
