A. D. 96. REV. VI. 2-8. A. D. 96. ledge of God, and bringing into cap- | βλέπε. Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος μέλας, tivity every thought to the obedience | καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπ ̓ αὐτῷ, ἔχων ζυγὸν ἐν of Christ, 2 Cor. x. 3-5. See also on T xgi aŭtoũ. Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1. VER. 3. Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξε τὴν δευτέραν σφραγίδα, ἤκουσα τοῦ δευτέρου ζώου λέγοντος· "Ερχου καὶ βλέπε. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. VER. 4. Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἄλλος ἵππος πυῤῥός· καὶ τῷ καθημένω ἐπ ̓ αὐτῷ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ λαβεῖν τὴν εἰρήνην ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἵνα ἀλλήλους σφά ξωσι· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ μάχαιρα μεγάλη. a And there went out another horse that was red: b and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. I saw by night, and, behold, a man riding upon a red horse, and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom; and behind him | were there red horses, speckled, and | white, Zech. i. 8. b Arise, O LORD, disappoint him, cast him down: deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword, Psal. xvii. 13. O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. Isa. x. 5, 6. And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and | put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly-wounded man. But I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; and they shall know that I am the LoRD, when I shall put my sword into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall stretch it out upon the land of Egypt, Ezek. xΧΧ. 24, 25. VER. 5. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a a pair of balances in his hand. a a And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied, Lev. xxvi. 26. And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a-day: from time to time shalt thou eat it, Ezek. iv. 10. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment, 16. VER. 6. Καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἐν μέσῳ τῶν τεσσάρων ζώων λέγουσαν· Χοῖνιξ σίτου δηναρίου, καὶ τρεῖς χοίνικες κριθῆς δηναρίου· καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον καὶ τὸν οἶνον μὴ ἀδικήσῃς. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say,* A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. The word chanix, signifieth a measure containing one wine quart, and the twelfth part of a quart. VER. 7. Καὶ ὅτε ἄνοιξε τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν τετάρ την, ἤκουσα φωνὴν τοῦ τετάρτου ζώου λέyourav "Epxov xai Bréwe. seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast And when he had opened the fourth say, Come and see. VER. 8. Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος χλωρὸς, καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπάνω αὐτοῦ, ὄνομα αὐτῷ ὁ Θάνατος· καὶ ὁ ᾅδης ἀκολουθεῖ μετ ̓ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς ἐξουσία ἀποκτεῖναι ἐπὶ τὸ τέταρτον τῆς γῆς, ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν λιμῷ καὶ ἐν θανάτω, καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν θηρίων τῆς γῆς. Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξε τὴν τρίτην σφραγῖδα, ἤκου- And I looked, and behold a pale horse: τα τοῦ τρίτου ζώου λέγοντος• ̓́Ερχου καὶ \ and his name that sat on him was A. D. 96. REV. VI. 8-14. A. D. 96. Death, and Hell followed with him. | and their brethren, that should be killed And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth. a And the sixth angel sounded, and 1 heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, chap. ix. 13. And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years, chap. xx. 4. See on Matt. x. ver. 21. VER. 10. Καὶ ἔκραζον φωνῇ μεγάλη, λέγοντες" Εως πότε, ὁ δεσπότης ὁ ἅγιος καὶ ὁ ἀληθι· νὸς, οὐ κρίνεις καὶ ἐκδικεῖς τὸ αἷμα ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ; And they cried with a loud voice, say ing, How long, O Lord, a holy and true, cdost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth. a See on John xvii. ver. 11. clause 2. See on Rom. iii. ver. 4. clause 2. See on Luke xviii. ver. 7. clause 2. VER. 11. Καὶ ἐδόθησαν ἑκάστοις στολαὶ λευκαί, καὶ ἐῤῥέθη αὐτοῖς ἵνα ἀναπαύσωνται ἔτι χρόνον μικρὸν, ἕως οὗ πληρώσονται καὶ οἱ σύνδουλοι αὐτῶν καὶ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτῶν, οἱ μέλλοντες ἀποκτείνεσθαι ὡς καὶ αὐτοί. a And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow-servants also as they were, should be fulfilled. a See on chap. iii. ver. 4. clause 1. VER. 12. Καὶ εἶδον ὅτε ἤνοιξε τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἕκτην, καὶ ἰδοὺ, σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο, καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἐγένετο μέλας ὡς σάκκος τρίχινος, καὶ ἡ σελήνη ἐγένετο ὡς αἷμα· And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; b and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; a See chap. viii. 5. ; xi. 13. ; xvi. 18. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places, Matt. xxiv. 7. b See on Matt. xxiv. ver. 29. VER. 13. Καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔπεσαν εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὡς συκῆ βάλλει τοὺς ὀλύνθους αυτ τῆς, ὑπὸ μεγάλου ἀνέμου σειομένη. 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. VER. 14. Καὶ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη ὡς βιβλίον εἱλισσόμενον, καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐπ τῶν τόπων αὑτῶν ἐκινήθησαν· a And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together ; band every mountain and island were moved out of their places. a And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig-tree, Isa. xxxiv. 4. See also on Matt. v. ver. 18. clause 1. b And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found, chap. xvi. 20. I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form and void; and the heavens, and they had no light. I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly. I beheld, and lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled. I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the cities thereof were broken down at the pre VER. 16. A. D. 96. Καὶ λέγουσι τοῖς ὄρεσι καὶ ταῖς πέτραις· Πέσετε ἐφ' ἡμᾶς, καὶ κρύψατε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ ἀρνίου· a And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of bhim that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: a And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them, chap. ix. 6. The high places also of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the thorn and the thistle shall come up on their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, Cover Hos. us; and to the hills, Fall on us, x. 8. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us, Luke xxiii. 30. b See on chap. iv. ver. 2. clause 3. c And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; and he treadeth the wine-press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God, chap. xix. 15. Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be A. D. 96. REV. VI. 14-17: sence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger, Jer. iv. 23-26. VER. 15. Καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς, καὶ οἱ μεγις στᾶνες, καὶ οἱ πλούσιοι, καὶ οἱ χιλίαρχοι, καὶ οἱ δυνατοὶ, καὶ πᾶς δοῦλος καὶ πᾶς ἐλεύ θερος ἔκρυψαν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰ σπήλαια καὶ εἰς τὰς πέτρας τῶν ὀρέων· a 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, bhid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains ; And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more, chap. xviii. 9-11. That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free and bond, both small and great. And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and his army. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brim stone. And the remnant were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth, and all the fowls were filled with their flesh, xix. 18-21. b Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, Isa. ii. 10. And they shall go into the holes of the rocks, and into the caves of the earth, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty, when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth, 19. when his wrath is kindled but a little. angry, and ye perish from the way, trust in him, Psal. ii. 9-12. And to Blessed are all they that put their you who are troubled, rest with us; when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus everlasting destruction from the preChrist: Who shall be punished with sence of the LORD, and from the glory of his power, 2 Thess. i. 7-9. VER. 17. Ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ· καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι ; a For the great day of his wrath is come; band who shall be able to stand? a And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of A. D. 96. Rev. VI. 17. VII. 1-3. A. D. 96. the dead, that they should be judged, If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquiand that thou shouldest give reward ties, O LORD, who shall stand ? cxxx. unto thy servants the prophets, and 3. And the LORD shall utter his voice to the saints, and them that fear thy before his army; for his camp is very name, small and great; and shouldest great; for he is strong that executeth destroy them which destroy the earth, his word; for the day of the LORD is chap. xi. 18. Thine band shall find great and very terrible; and who can out all thine enemies; thy right hand abide it? Joel ii. 11. But who may shall find out those that hate thee. abide the day of his coming ? and Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven who shall stand when he appeareth ? in the time of thine anger: the LORD for he is like a refiner's fire, and like shall swallow them up in his wrath, fuller's soap, Mal. iii. 2. and the fire shall devour them. Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, CHAP. VII.-VER. 1. and their seed from among the chil- Και μετά ταύτα είδον τέσσαρας αγγέdren of men. For they intended evil | λους εστώτας επί τάς τέσσαρας γωνίας against thee, they imagined a mis- oñis gñs, xgatoīvtas Tods riccapas évéchievous device, which they are not μους της γης, ίνα μή πνέη άνεμος επί της able to perform. Therefore shalt thou | γης, μήτε επί της θαλάσσης, μήτε επί make them turn their back, when thou Frão divdgov. shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them, And after these things a I saw four Psal. xxi. 8–12. The Lord at thy angels standing on the four corners of right hand shall strike through kings the earth, holding the four winds of the in the day of his wrath. He shall earth, that the wind should not blow or judge among the heathen, he shall fill the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any the places with the dead bodies ; he tree. shall wound the heads over many * Also, thou son of man, thus saith countries, cx. 5, 6. The great day of the Lord God unto the land of Isthe Lord is near, it is near, and hast. rael, An end, the end is come upon eth greatly, even the voice of the day the four corners of the land, Ezek. of the Lord: the mighty man shall vii. 2. cry there bitterly, Zeph. i. 14. When the lord, therefore, of the vineyard VER. 2. cometh, what will he do unto those Και είδον άλλον άγγελον αναβάντα από husbandmen? They say unto him, He | ανατολής ηλίου, έχοντα σφραγίδα Θεού will miserably destroy those wicked | ζώντος και έκραξε φωνή μεγάλη τους τέσmen, and will let out his vineyard σαρσιν αγγέλοις, οίς εδόθη αυτοίς αδικήσαι unto other husbandmen, which shall thy gay xal thy Dánarray, render him the fruits in their seasons, Matt. xxi. 40, 41. But Jesus turning from the east, a having the seat of the And I saw another angel, ascending unto them, said, Daughters of Jeru- living God: and he cried with a loud salem, weep not for me, for yourselves, and for your children. voice to the four angels, to whom it was For, behold, the days are coming, in given to hurt the earth and the sea, the which they shall say, Blessed are a See on 2 Cor. i. ver. 22. clause 1. the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave VER. 3. suck. Then shall they begin to say Λέγων· Μη αδικήσητε την γήν, μήτε την to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to | θάλασσαν, μήτε τα δένδρα, άχρις ου σφραthe hills, Luke xxiii. 28- γίζωμεν τους δούλους του Θεού ημών επί 30. But after thy bardness and im- Täv METÁTW avtãy. penitent heart, treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, the sea, nor the trees, a till we have sealed Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither and revelation of the righteous judg. b the servants of our God in their forement of God, Rom. ii. 5. heads. Thou even thou, art to be feared ; and who may stand in thy sight when a And the LORD said unto him, Go once thou art angry? Psal. Ixxvi. 7. I through the midst of the city, through but weep Cover us, the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh, and that cry, for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. And to the others he said in mine hearing, Go ye after him through the city, and smite; let not your eye spare, neither have ye pity : Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women; but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house, Ezek. ix. 4-6. b See on Rom. i. ver. 1. clause 2. A. D. 96. Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand. VER. 8. γισμένοι· ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰωσὴφ, ιβ' χιλιάδες Ἐκ φυλῆς Ζαβουλών, ιβ' χιλιάδες ἐσφρα ἐσφραγισμένοι· ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμὶν, ιβ' χιλιάδες ἐσφραγισμένα. Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Joseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand. VER. 9. Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοῦ ὄχλος που λὺς, ὃν ἀριθμῆσαι αὐτὸν οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο, ἐκ παντὸς ἔθνους καὶ φυλῶν καὶ λαῶν καὶ γλωσσῶν, ἑστῶτες ἐνῶπιον τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου, περιβεβλημένοι στο λὰς λευκὰς καὶ φοίνικες ἐν ταῖς χερσὶν αὐτῶν· After this, I bekeld, and, lo, a a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, b clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands; a See on Matt. viii. ver. 11. clause 1. bSee on chap. iii. ver. 4. clause 1. VER. 10. Καὶ κράζοντες φωνῇ μεγάλη, λέγοντες Ἡ σωτηρία τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ τῷ ἀρνίᾳ. And cried with a loud voice, saying, a Salvation to our God bwhich sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God, chap. xix. 1. Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah, Psal. iii. is of the LORD: he is their strength in 8. But the salvation of the righteous the time of trouble, xxxvii. 29. Blessed be the LORD, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto Gop the Lonp belong the issues from death, lxvii. 19, 20. Not unto us, Ο Lonn, not unto us, but unto thy name give |