Revelation 8:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it intob the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. ”

Revelation 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the angel took the censer - Revelation 8:3 . This is a new symbol, designed to furnish a new representation of future events. By the former it had been shown that there would be much prayer...
Revelation 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 8:1 . silence in heaven: the explanation of this silence has always puzzled commentators. The usual interpretation is in the words of C. A. Scott (Cent.B, p. 198): It suggests the wistf...
Revelation 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And. The seven "ands" give an instance of Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6. filled. Greek. gemizo. Here and Revelation 15:8 . into. App-104. earth. App-129. earthquake. See Re...
Revelation 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Cast it into the earth -...
Revelation 8:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And I saw the seven angels which stood before God, &c.— "And I saw the seven angels which I have before mentioned, and which then stood before the throne of God; and seven trumpets were given t...
Revelation 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Cast it into (unto)...
Revelation 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Seventh Seal. The Four Trumpets 1. The seventh seal is opened. Heaven waits in hushed awe for a brief period. Revelation 8:2 to Revelation 11:19 . The Seven Trumpets.
Revelation 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

And the angel... — Translate, And the angel has taken (or, took) the censer, and he filled it from the fire of the altar, and cast it (i.e., the fire or hot ashes which filled the censer) upon...
Revelation 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI. THE FIRST SIX TRUMPETS. Revelation 8:1-13 ; Revelation 9:1-21 . THE two consolatory visions of chap. 7 have closed, and the Seer returns to that opening of the seven Seals which ha...
Revelation 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

The seventh seal includes the seven trumpets. What a contrast that pause must have been to the jubilant songs of the great multitude! In the Jewish temple, we are told, the musical instruments and ch...
Revelation 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The seventh and last seal on the scroll is broken. On earth uproar and strife follow as at Babel, but in heaven silence for half an hour. Then follows the sounding of trumpets initiating activities l...
Revelation 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(3) And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar whic...
Revelation 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the angel took the censer ,.... The golden one before mentioned, the use of which was to take and carry in it burning coals of fire: and filled it with fire of the altar ; of burnt offering, f...
Revelation 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and cast it into the earth: and there were voices, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake. Ver. 5. And filled it...
Revelation 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And the smoke of the incense ascended before God In an odoriferous cloud, with the prayers of the saints A testimony of God's gracious acceptance, both of the intercession of the great High-Pries...
Revelation 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Seventh Seal Opened: Introduction to the Trumpets The last of the seven seals is now opened (v. 1) and there is silence in heaven for about half an hour before John sees seven trumpets given...
Revelation 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Seven Trumpets. A. D. 95. 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in...
Revelation 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I doubt not but by fire here, is to be understood the wrath of God, often in holy writ compared to fire, poured out upon the Roman empire, or the visible church. Upon which followed great judgments...
Revelation 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And another angel came and stood over the altar, having a golden censer, and much incense was given to him in order that he should offer it with the prayers of all God's people (‘all the set apart o...
Revelation 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

FOUR TRUMPET VOICES CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES Revelation 8:1 . Seventh seal .—“The main visions give us more external aspects; the interposed visions show the inner and more spiritual asp...
Revelation 8:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

angel ( See Scofield) - ( Hebrews 1:4 ).
Revelation 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 8:1 . When he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. The holy prophets in receiving revelations sought to be silent, calm, and abstrac...
Revelation 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Revelation 8:1 And when. Καὶ ὅταν, instead of καὶ ὅτε (as in the other seals), is read in A, C, and gives a certain indefiniteness which does not belong to any of the re...
Revelation 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Third Vision and the Opening of the Seventh Seal. The preparation for the sounding of the trumpets:
Revelation 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 19:11 ; 2 Samuel 22:7-9 ; Acts 16:26 ; Acts 4:31 ; Ezekiel 10:2-7 ; Hebrews 12:18 ; Hebrews 12:19 ; Isaiah 29:6 ; Isaiah 30:30 ; Isaiah 66:14-16 ; Isaiah 66:6 ; Jeremiah 51:11 ;...
Revelation 8:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Seven Trumpets Revelation 8:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The seventh seal. The sixth seal was opened in the closing statements of Revelation 6:1-17 . The seventh chapter, which was studied...
Revelation 8:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And there were thunderings, and lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake — These, especially when attended with fire, are emblems of God's dreadful judgments, which are immediately to follow.

Revelation 8:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Revelation 8:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Revelation 8:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Revelation 8:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 8:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Revelation 8:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - Scofield Reference Notes

Revelation 8:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Revelation 8:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Revelation 8:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 8:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Revelation 8:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes