book with seven seals. A. D. 96. jen. L. 1. Lets 17. 24. ph. 3.9. Col. 1. 16. h. 10. 6. Ez. 2. 9, 10. (s. 29. 11. Jan. 12. 4. ver. 13. Gen. 49.9, 0. Heb. 7. 14. A. D. 96. power: for thou hast created of them was ten thousand times CHAPTER V. 1 The book sealed with seven seals: 9 which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open. 12 Therefore the elders praise him, 9 and confess that he redeemed them with his blood. AND Itsat on throne ND I saw in the right hand aa book written within and on the back side, bsealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. 5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, d the Lion of the tribe of Juda, ethe Dan. 7. 10. Heb. 12. 22. 12 Saying with a loud voice, y Worthy is the Lamb that was y ch. 4. ll. slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. ver. 3. 13 And every creature which Phil. 2. 10. is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, a Blessing, 1 Chr. 29. 11. and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever. Rom. 9. 5. & 16. 27. 1 Tim. 6. 16. 1 Pet. 4. 11. & 5. 11. ch. 1. 6. b ch. 6. 16. & 7. 10. 14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty ch. 19. 4. elders fell down and worshipped him & that liveth for ever and ever. d ch. 4. 9, 10. Is. 11. 1, 10. Root of David, hath prevailed to A ND aI saw when the Lamb ach. 5. 5, 6, 7. tom. 15. 12. h. 22. 16. rer. 1. h. 6. 1. Is. 53. 7. folin 1. 29, 6. Pet. 1. 19. h. 13. 8. er. 9, 12. Zech. 3. 9. 4. 10. h. 4. 5. ch. 4. 2. h. 4. 8, 10. ch. 14. 2. & 15.2. open the book, fand to loose the seven seals thereof. 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood sa Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and hseven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand k of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down beDr, incense. fore the Lamb, having every one of them mharps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints. 2 And I saw, and behold ca white horse: dand he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer. 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 g And there went out another horse that was red: 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. © Zech. 6. 3. ch. 19. 11. d Ps. 45. 4. 5. LXX. Zech. 6. 11. ch. 14. 14. fch. 4. 7. 5 Zech. 6. 2. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third h ch.4.7. beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo ia black horse; i Zech. 6. 2. and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, IA 1 The word measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine. seals in order. A. D. 96. | Or.. to him. REVELATION. pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, "to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with Lev. 26. 22. death, and with the beasts of the earth. n Ez. 14. 21. P ch. 8. 3. & 9. 13. & 14. 18. 4 ch. 20. 4. rch. 1. 9. $ 2 Tim. 1. 8. ch. 12. 17. & 19. 10. tSee Zech. 1. 12. u ch. 3. 7. 9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar a the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for s the testimony which they held: 10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, uholy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on ch. 11. 18. & them that dwell on the earth? 11 And y 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 and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled. 19. 2. Y ch. 3. 4. 5. & 7. 9, 14. 2 Heb. 11.40. ch. 14. 13. 31. & 3. 15. Matt. 24. 29. c ch. 8. 10. & 9.1. 1 Or, green figs. d Ps. 102. 26. Is. 34. 4. Heb. 1. 12, 13. Jer. 3. 23. & 4. 24. ch. 16. 20. f Is. 2. 19. 5 Hos. 10. 8. ch. 9. 6. 13 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. 14 d And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bond man, and every free man, fhid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; 16 And said to the mountains Luke 23.30. and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: hIs. 13. 6, &c. Zeph. 1. 14, &c. ch. 16. 14. i Ps. 76.7. 17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand? CHAPTER VII. 3 An angel sealeth the servants of God in their foreheads. 4 The number of them that were sealed: of the tribes of Israel a certain number. 9 Of all other nations an innumerable multitude, which stand before the throne, clad in white robes, and palms in their hands. 14 Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb. The number of the seal four corners of the earth, a hold- A. D.: ing the four winds of the earth, a Dan. 7. that the wind should not blow b ch. 9. 4. on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have dsealed the servants of our God e in their foreheads. 4 f And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed sa hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel. 5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand. 6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nephthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand. ch. 6.6. 9.4. dEz. 9. 4. ch. 14. 1. ech. 22. 4. fch. 9. 16. 5 ch. 14. 1. 7 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. 8 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. 9 After this I beheld, and, lo, ha great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, kclothed k ch. 3. 5, 18 with white robes, and palms in their hands; 12 Saying, Amen: Blessing,ch. 5. 13, 1 AND after these things I saw and glory, and wisdom, and four angels standing on the thanksgiving, and honour, and . 2 seventh seal opened. 8. 25. 8. 1.21.4. h. 6. L. Matt. 18. 10. uke 1. 19. Chr. 29. 25 28. Or, add it to Ps. 141. 2. Or, upon. REVELATION. power, and might, be unto our 14 And I said unto him, Sir, 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them. 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; uneither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: y and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. CHAPTER VIII. 1 At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 seven a he had Six trumpets there followed hail and fire min- 8 And the second angel sound- 11 And the name of the star is A. D. 96. k ch. 16. 2. 11s. 2. 13. ch. 9.4. Jer. 51. 25. Amos 7. 4. ch. 16. 3 o Ez. 14. 13. Pch. 16. 3. 9 Is. 14. 12. ch. 9. 1. ch. 16. 4. Ruth 1. 20. Ex. 15. 23. Jer. 9. 15. & 23. 15. Amos 8. 9. 12 " And the fourth angel "Is. 13. 10. sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise. A the seventh seal, there was angel flying through the midst of silence in heaven about the space 2 b And I saw the seven angels 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand. 5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and 5 there were voices, and thunderSam. 22.8. ings, and lightnings, hand an earthquake. ch. 16. 18. sounded in order. A. D. 96. e ver. 10. 3. 5 ch. 8. 7. REVELATION. e as the scorpions of the earth have power. 4 And it was commanded them fch. 6. 6. & 7. that they should not hurt & the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God in their foreheads. h See Ex. 12. 23. Ez. 9. 4. ch. 7. 3. i ver. 10. ch. 11. 7. k Job 3. 21. Is. 2. 19. Jer. 8. 3. ch. 6. 16. 1 Joel 2. 4. m Nah. 3. 17. n Dan. 7. 8. ° Joel 1. 6. 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the teeth of lions. 9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and P Joel 2.5,6,7. the sound of their wings was pas the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle. q ver. 5. * Eph. 2. 2. s ver. I. That is to say, A destroyer. t ch. 8. 13. u ch. 16. 12. 1 Or, at. * Ps. 68. 17. Dan. 7. 10. y Ez. 38. 4. Z ch. 7. 4. 10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: qand their power was to hurt men five months. 11 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. 12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter. 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God, 14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound " in the great river Euphrates. 15 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. 16 And the number of the army y of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: zand I heard the number of them. A mighty angel appear A.D. Is. 5. 28 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: a and the heads of the 1 Chr.1 horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. 18 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. 19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: b for bls. 9. 15 their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt. 20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship a devils, e and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood; which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk: Deut.3. d Lev. 17 Deut. 31 Ps. 106 1 Cor. 10 e Ps. 115. 135. 15. Dan. 5.1 2 And he had in his hand a little book open: dand he set his Matt. 28. right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 Änd cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, e seven thunders ch. 8. 5. uttered their voices. 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, fSeal up those things which Dan. 8. 2 the seven thunders uttered, and write them not. 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth & lifted up his hand to heaven, 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created & 12. 4, 9. Ex. 6. 8. Dan. 12. 7. Neh. 9.6. ch. 4. 11. & 14.7. D. 96. heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer: .12. 7. 6. 17. 11. 15. 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets. 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth. 9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto r. 15. 16. me, m Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey. 2. 8. & 3. ,3. 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 as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. 11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings. CHAPTER XI. 3 The two witnesses prophesy. 6 They have power to shut heaven, that it rain not. 7 The beast shall fight against them, and kill them. 8 They lie unburied, 11 and after three days and a half rise again. 14 The second woe is past. 15 The seventh trumpet soundeth. reed like unto a rod: and the angel stood, saying, Rise, and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that worship therein. The seventh trumpet sounded. A. D. 96. 5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of 12 Kings 1.10, their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: mand if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed. 12. Jer. 1. 10. & 5. 14. Ez. 43. 3. Hos. 6. 5. m Num. 16.29. James 5. 16, 17. 6 These have power to shut 1 Kings 17. 1. heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy and have power over waters to turn Ex. 7. 19. them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will. 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth rout of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them. 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, "where also our Lord was crucified. PLuke 13. 32. ch. 13. 1, 11. ch.9.2. & 17. 8. e Is. 14. 13. ch. 12. 5. f Is. 60. 8. Acts 1. 9. AND there was given me a from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven fin a cloud; and their enemies beheld them. 13 And the same hour h was 2 Kings 2. 1, 5,7. there a great earthquake, iand h ch. 6. 12. the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain 2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the holy city shall they e tread under foot f forty and two months. 3 And I will give power unto two wit my two witnesses, hand they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. y may ophesy. h. 20. 4. h. 19. 10. 1. 12. 6. 's. 52.8. r. 11. 16. མ 4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks Ch.4.3,11, standing before the God of the earth. |