And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
Voices, and thunders, and lightnings. A has the order, 'lightning ... voices ... thunders.' The same close as that of the seven seals and seven thunders; with the difference, that they do not merely form the conclusion, but introduce the consequence, of the last vial-namely, the destruction of Babylon, then of the anti-Christian armies.
Earthquake - often preceded by a lurid air, such as would result from the vial poured upon it.
Men were. So 'Aleph (') B, Vulgate, Syriac, Andreas; but A, Coptic, read, 'a man was.'
So mighty - `such.'