Revelation 8:6
in Revelation 8And the seven angels with the seven trumpets prepared to sound them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the seven angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
KJV
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
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This verse in Revelation 8
Commentary
7 notes on this verseAnd the seven angels which had the seven trumpets,.... Given them, Rev 8:2; prepared themselves to sound; they stood up, took their trumpets in their hands, and put them to their mouths; this was giving notice of what was coming upon the earth, and a kind of warning to men, and a call upon them to repentance, and to prepare to meet God in the way of his judgments.
This site's exposition
prepared themselves to sound
on Revelation 8:6-7
The seven angels prepare to sound, and the first trumpet brings hail and fire mingled with blood cast upon the earth, burning up a third of the trees and all the green grass, a judgment on vegetation drawn from Exodus 9's plague of hail and answering Joel 2's fire devouring the pastures. The third-part measure, repeated through the trumpet series, marks these as severe but partial judgments, warnings still short of the full and final wrath the vials will pour out, and the site's futurist reading takes them as literal disasters striking the created order rather than symbols requiring decoding.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
The church, often indicated by the number seven, prepared herself for faithful preaching.
Then the angels also sounded trumpets, signaling the presence of God (Ex. 19:16-19); for even then the trumpets sounded loudly.
The Medieval Church1 voice
And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound the trumpets. The Church, inflamed with the sevenfold spirit, prepared itself confidently to preach, intending to cast down the glory of the world with heavenly trumpets, as if to topple the walls …
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
Prepared themselves to sound - Each took up his trumpet, and stood prepared to blow his blast. Wars are here indicated; the trumpet was the emblem of war.
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
And the seven angels which had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound - Rev 8:7. Evidently in succession, perhaps by arranging themselves in the order in which they were to sound. The way is now prepared for the sounding of the trumpets, and for the fearful commotions and changes which would be indicated by that. The last seal is opened; heaven stands in suspense to know what is to be disclosed; the saints, filled with solicitude, have offered their prayers; the censer of coals has been cast to the earth, as if these judgments could be no longer stayed by prayer; and the angels prepare to sound the trumpets indicative of what is to occur.
The words behind it
13 Greek wordsEvery 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.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| καὶ | kai | And | G2532 → | 9120 times |
| οἱ | hoi | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἑπτὰ | hepta | seven | G2033 → | 86 times |
| ἄγγελοι | angeloi | angels | G32 → | 175 times |
| οἱ | hoi | who | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἔχοντες | echontes | are having | G2192 → | 707 times |
| τὰς | tas | the | G3588 → | 19766 times |
| ἑπτὰ | hepta | seven | G2033 → | 86 times |
| σάλπιγγας | salpingas | trumpets | G4536 → | 11 times |
| ἡτοίμασαν | hetoimasan | prepared | G2090 → | 40 times |
| αὐτοὺς | autous | themselves | G846 → | 5565 times |
| ἵνα | ina | that | G2443 → | 668 times |
| σαλπίσωσιν.¶ | salpisosin | they may sound the trumpets. | G4537 → | 12 times |
καὶAnd
kaiG2532 →9120 times
οἱthe
hoiG3588 →19766 times
ἑπτὰseven
heptaG2033 →86 times
ἄγγελοιangels
angeloiG32 →175 times
οἱwho
hoiG3588 →19766 times
ἔχοντεςare having
echontesG2192 →707 times
τὰςthe
tasG3588 →19766 times
ἑπτὰseven
heptaG2033 →86 times
σάλπιγγαςtrumpets
salpingasG4536 →11 times
ἡτοίμασανprepared
hetoimasanG2090 →40 times
αὐτοὺςthemselves
autousG846 →5565 times
ἵναthat
inaG2443 →668 times
σαλπίσωσιν.¶they may sound the trumpets.
salpisosinG4537 →12 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach 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
Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and they were given seven trumpets.
it leads to
- Luke 1:19
“I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.
- Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
- Amos 3:6–8
If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
- Matthew 18:10
See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.
- 2 Chronicles 29:25–28
Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres according to the command of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet. For the command…
- Luke 1:19
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About Revelation
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Commentary on Revelation; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation and Ticonius, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 8:6.