And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
20. every island &c.] See Rev 6:14.
great hail ] Rev 8:7, Rev 11:19.
about the weight of a talent ] While natural hailstones weighing the sixtieth part of one are noticed as extraordinary. Some notice, that the stones thrown by the engines at the siege of Jerusalem are said to have been of a talent weight: but it would be far-fetched to suppose these referred to. In this verse at least, the judgement described cannot be on Jerusalem see on Rev 11:13 fin.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And every island fled away – Expressive of great and terrible judgments, as if the very earth were convulsed, and everything were moved out of its place. See the notes on Rev 6:14.
And the mountains were not found – The same image occurs in Rev 6:14. See the notes on that place.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 20. Every island fled away] Probably meaning the capture of seaport towns, and fortified places.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
These are the effects of great earthquakes: see Rev 6:14. Some, by islands and mountians, understand the inhabitants of both. I know not whether those reverend authors, who by this term understand their idol worship and superstition, or ecclesiastical dignities, (I suppose because the heathens, and Jews, in imitation of them, committed idolatry on mountains and high hills), be not here too critical.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
20. Plainly parallel to Re6:14-17, and by anticipation descriptive of the last judgment.
the mountainsrather asGreek, “there were found no mountains.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And every island fled away,…. This may be understood either of the dissolution of the world, the present heavens and earth, when there will be no more sea, Re 21:1 and so consequently no islands:
and the mountains were not found; for the earth and the heaven will be fled away at the appearance of Christ the Judge, and there will be no place found for them, Re 20:11 and new heavens, and a new earth, without sea or mountains, will succeed: or rather this may signify the utter extirpation of all the antichristian powers in every shape, whether on islands or on the continent; for this day of the Lord will be upon every high mountain and hill, to bring them low, and the Lord alone shall be exalted, Isa 2:14 and may particularly respect the dissolution of monasteries, and the plundering them of their riches and revenues.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Fled (). Second aorist active indicative of . Islands sometimes sink in the sea in earthquakes (6:14).
Were not found ( ). First aorist passive indicative of . See 20:11 for the same idea.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
1) “And every island fled away,” (kai pasa nesos ephugen) “and every island fled away,” was suddenly removed. The very face of the earth is to be changed, perhaps to the point that the physical lay of the earth that seems to have been divided into islands and continents, after the flood, in the days of Peleg shall be brought together again, all in one place, Gen 10:25; Rev 6:14.
2) “And the mountains were not found,” (kai hore ouch heurethesan) “and mountains were not (to be) found any more; The earth, it appears, may have barrier mountains no more after the coming of the Lord to restore all things, including the earth to its Edenic and pre-flood glory, as he sits on David’s Throne ruling the Universe in peace, Luk 1:30-34; Rom 8:19-21; Act 15:13-18; 1Co 15:24-28.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(20) And every island fled.So wide-spread are the effects of the earthquake; the convulsion tests every spot; there is only one kingdom which cannot be shaken. (Comp. Dan. 2:44; Dan. 6:26; Heb. 10:28.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found.
Ver. 20. Fled away ] Either swallowed up by the water or consumed by the fire.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Rev 16:20 . Here, as at Rev 6:14 , the removal of hills tallies with the Iranian belief (shared by later Jewish Christian apocalyptic, cf. Bklen, 131 f.) that mountains as the work of Ahriman would disappear with him ( S. B. E. ver. 129), leaving the earth in its ideal state of a smooth plane on which mankind could dwell in unity of speech and intercourse, free from barriers. The collocation of mountain and island (so Rev 6:14 ) is possibly a relic of the ancient point of view, for which ( i.e. , for dwellers in the West) these formed the apparent source of the sun’s rising, where his light first became visible.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
Rev 6:14, Rev 20:11, Isa 2:14-17, Jer 4:23-25
Reciprocal: Psa 46:3 – mountains Eze 38:19 – Surely Zec 4:7 – O great Rev 18:21 – and shall
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rev 16:20. And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. The particular thus mentioned is the sixth, and the language used is even stronger than that of chap. Rev 6:14, and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. The climax of judgment appears in the climax of description.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
16:20 And every island fled away, and the mountains {29} were not {b} found.
(29) That is, were seen no more, or were no more extant. A borrowed Hebraism.
(b) Literally “appeared not”; Gen 5:24
Fuente: Geneva Bible Notes
The earthquake will produce other effects. It will level mountains and cause islands to disappear. A less literal view is that it will only produce political turmoil. [Note: Caird, p. 209.] As the Flood produced global topographical changes, so will this earthquake. It will prepare the earth for the Edenic conditions that the prophets predicted would characterize the earth during the Millennium. These changes will be a foreview of the final disappearance of the old creation and the creation of a new earth (cf. Rev 20:11; Rev 21:1-2). A literal interpretation of these changes does not preclude an earthly reign of Christ, as some have claimed. [Note: E.g., Beasley-Murray, p. 247.]