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Revelation 16:17

in Revelation 16

Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying, It is done:

KJV

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.

This verse in Revelation 16

Commentary

8 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

But A and B, "upon" (Greek, "epi"). great--so B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, and ANDREAS. But A omits. of heaven--so B and ANDREAS But A, Vulgate, Syriac, and Coptic omit. It is done--"It is come to pass." God's voice as to the final consummation, as Jesus' voice on the cross when the work of expiation was completed, "It is finished."

This site's exposition

It is done

on Revelation 16:17-18

From the throne a loud voice says It is done, gegonen in Greek, a completed action like tetelestai spoken from the cross. The earthquake that follows is the greatest since men were upon the earth, language matching Daniel 12:1 and Matthew 24:21.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

Into the air indeed he poured out his bowl; and the voice said It is done. What has been done? The decree, that is, of God and His plan.

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 16:17-18 · Written before 614.

proposed

The angelic voice from heaven said, "It is done!" That is, the commandment of God has been accomplished. The flashes of lightning and the voices and the thunders are symbolic of the terrifying nature of these occurrences and of the future coming of Christ, just …

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

And the seventh poured out his vial into the air, etc. Just as above the blood of vengeance up to the horse bridles, namely the unclean spirits went out, so also here when the same aerial powers are drenched with the final vengeance, it is …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Poured out his vial into the air - To signify that this plague was to be widely diffused, and perhaps to intimate that pestilences and various deaths would be the effect of this vial. But possibly air in this place may have some emblematical meaning. It is done - It is said, Rev 10:7, that in the days of the seventh trumpet the mystery of God should be finished; so here we find it completed. Γεγονε· All’s over! Fuimus Troes! Ilium fuit! Once there were Trojans, and they had a city; but now all are extinct.
1 more voice on this verse

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air - This introduces the final catastrophe in regard to the “beast” - his complete and utter overthrow, accompanied with tremendous judgments. Why the vial was poured into the air is not stated.

The words behind it

22 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Ephesians 6:12

    For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 1:13

      He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of His beloved Son,

    • 2 Corinthians 4:4

      The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

    • Ephesians 2:2

      in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the…

    • Colossians 2:15

      And having disarmed the powers and authorities, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them by the cross.

    • Acts 26:18

      to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified…

  • Through

    John 19:30

    When Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, “It is finished.” And bowing His head, He yielded up His spirit.

    it leads to

    • John 17:4

      I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

    • Philippians 2:8

      And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself and became obedient to death—even death on a cross.

    • Colossians 2:14–17

      having canceled the debt ascribed to us in the decrees that stood against us. He took it away, nailing it to the cross!

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Transfiguration, Gustave Doré. Public domain.
The Transfiguration, Gustave Doré. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 16:17-18; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation.