Revelation 16:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. ”

Revelation 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters - This coincides also with the account of the sounding of the third trumpet Revelation 8:10-11 ; “And the third an...
Revelation 16:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. (5) The story of the third angel striking the rivers, in this verse, who proclaiming the j...
Revelation 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 16:2 . The first bowl. The wrath of God is poured out on the worshippers of the beast, i.e. Antichrist, i.e. Nero. mark of the beast: Revelation 13:16 *. worshipped his image:...
Revelation 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. Upon the rivers and fountains of waters - This is an allusion to the first Egyptian plague, Ex...
Revelation 16:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The second angel poured out his vial, &c.— This vial is poured out upon the sea, and the sea becomes as the blood of a dead man, or as congealed blood; and, in like manner, under the second...
Revelation 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. Angel. ( Exodus 7:20 .) So Syriac, Coptic, Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B C, Vulgate, omit...
Revelation 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Seven Bowls In the last chapter there was a pause of suspense, during which the angels of the 'plagues' were seen coming forth from the Presence of God to pour out His wrath. In this chapter t...
Revelation 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the third angel... — The third vial resembles the second in its effects. As it is poured out on the rivers and springs of waters, they become blood. It is not only the great sea which becomes b...
Revelation 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Revelation 16:1-21 CHAPTER XII THE SEVEN BOWLS. Revelation 15:1-8 ; Revelation 16:1-21 . NOTHING can more clearly prove that the Revelation of St John is not written upon chronological pr...
Revelation 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Recompense for the Blood of Saints Revelation 16:1-9 It makes us pause to hear that angels, who rejoice over one sinner that repenteth, are employed in these terrible judgments. It is very star...
Revelation 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

A condensed and graphic description of the processes of judgment on the rebellious and sinful race follows. Evil has wrought itself out to its most terrible expression, and now it is to be smitten wi...
Revelation 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. (5) And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and was...
Revelation 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the third angel poured his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters ,.... Which also is not to be literally understood of a stagnation of them, before the burning of the world; nor of the de...
Revelation 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood. Ver. 4. Upon the rivers, &c. ] The persecutors and impostors, the Jesuits especially, w...
Revelation 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers a fountains of waters , &c. Or those territories of the Papacy which were as necessary to it as rivers and fountains are to a country: the...
Revelation 16:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The First Bowl Poured Out (vv. 1-2) A great voice from the temple now commands the execution of judgment. Grace has been patient; justice has not been hasty, but is to be apportioned out precis...
Revelation 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Seven Vials. A. D. 95. 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven a...
Revelation 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mr. Mede and Dr. More both agree in interpreting this of the Jesuits and other popish emissaries, and the laws made for the execution of them in England in the time of Queen Elizabeth, not excluding...
Revelation 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of the waters, and it became blood.' Now it is man's water supply that is attacked in some way. The same applies as on v. 3. Here...
Revelation 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE SEVEN VIALS, OR BOWLS CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES “THIS chapter describes the pouring out of the seven vials—that is to say, the extremest punishments of God—upon the throne and empire of...
Revelation 16:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

angel ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
Revelation 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 16:1 . Pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. The catastrophes of nations have their origin in heaven. “Oh Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff of my indignati...
Revelation 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION In the judgments of the vials, or bowls, we have undoubtedly a recapitulation of what has been already foretold in the trumpet and seal visions. This recapitulation is not a mere...
Revelation 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Seven Vials of Wrath are Poured Out. The emptying of the first three vials:
Revelation 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 7:20 ; Exodus 8:5 ; Ezekiel 35:8 ; Hosea 13:15 ; Isaiah 50:2 ; Revelation 8:10 ; Revelation 8:11 ; Revelation 14:7 ; Revelation 16:5
Revelation 16:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Mercy and Punishment Revelation 14:1-20 , Revelation 15:1-8 ; Revelation 16:1-21 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As we open our study on three Chapter s in Revelation, we find various scenes in chapt...
Revelation 16:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The third poured out his phial on the rivers and fountains of water — Which were over all the earth. And they became blood — So that none could drink thereof.

Revelation 16:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Revelation 16:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 16:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 16:4 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 16:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - Scofield Reference Notes

Revelation 16:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 16:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 16:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 16:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Revelation 16:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes