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For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails [were] like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. 19. For their power ] Read, for the power of the horses. For the use of the word “power” (the same as is sometimes elsewhere translated “authority” or … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:19”

By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths. 18. By these three ] Read, by (lit. from) these three plagues were the third part of men killed, by the fire, and the smoke, and the brimstone, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:18”

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses [were] as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 17. having breastplates ] This must be understood … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:17”

And the number of the army of the horsemen [were] two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them. 16. of the horsemen ] It is implied that the way the four angels will slay the third part of men will be by means of a vast invading army. The word rendered “horsemen” … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:16”

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men. 15. for an hour ] Should be “for the hour.” The article is not repeated, but plainly the one article belongs to all the nouns: they … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:15”

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates. 14. Loose the four angels ] We are reminded of the four angels of Rev 7:1, but it is hardly possible that they are the same as these. The plagues held back by them, … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:14”

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, The Sixth Trumpet. Second Woe, Rev 9:13-21 13. a voice ] Lit. one voice: see on Rev 8:13. The word “four” just afterwards should probably be omitted: else “one voice from the four … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:13”

One woe is past; [and,] behold, there come two woes more hereafter. 12. One woe ] Of the three denounced by the eagle, Rev 8:13. A decided majority of orthodox commentators understand this vision as foretelling the Mahometan conquests some taking the fallen star of Rev 9:1 of Mahomet himself. The last is scarcely credible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:12”

And they had a king over them, [which is] the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue [is] Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath [his] name Apollyon. 11. And they had a king ] Whereas “the (natural) locusts have no king,” Pro 30:27. In Amo 7:1 the LXX. has the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:11”

And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power [was] to hurt men five months. 10. And they had in their tails ] Read, And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings: and in their tails [ is ] their power, to hurt,” &c. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Revelation 9:10”