Revelation 6:4 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 6:4

Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

BSB

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ASV

And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

KJV

And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

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Commentary

5 voices

Victorinus of Pettau

Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John (304)

"And when He had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come and see. And there went out another horse that was red, and to him that sate upon him was given a great sword." The red horse, and he that sate upon him, having a sword, signify the coming wars, as we read in the Gospel: "For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there shall be great earthquakes in divers places." This is the ruddy horse.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The fourth horseman is expressly termed "death;" the first, with his bow and crown, "a conqueror;" the second, with his great sword, is a warrior, or, as the Roman termed him, Mars; the third, with the scales, has power over the produce of the land. Particular incidents under this or that Roman emperor are not extensive enough to answer any of these horsemen.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

That Jesus Christ rules and commands, not only in the kingdom of grace, but of providence. That the sword of war is a dreadful judgment; it takes away peace from the earth, one of the greatest blessings, and it puts men upon killing one another. Men, who should love one another and help one another, are, in a state of war, set upon killing one another.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Another horse - red - The emblem of war; perhaps also of severe persecution, and the martyrdom of the saints. Him that sat thereon - Same say, Christ; others, Vespasian; others, the Roman armies; others, Artabanus, king of the Parthians, etc., etc. Take peace from the earth - To deprive Judea of all tranquillity. They should kill one another - This was literally the case with the Jews, while besieged by the Romans. A great sword - Great influence and success, producing terrible carnage.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
ἐξῆλθεν	exēlthen	went forth	G1831 →
ἄλλος	allos	another	G243 →
ἵππος	ippos	horse	G2462 →
πυρρός.	purros	bright red.	G4450 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῷ	tō	to the [one]	G3588 →
καθημένῳ	kathēmenō	sitting	G2521 →
ἐπ᾽	ep᾽	on	G1909 →
αὐτὸν	auton	it	G846 →
ἐδόθη	edothē	was granted	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
λαβεῖν	labein	to take	G2983 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
εἰρήνην	eirēnēn	peace	G1515 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
γῆς,	gēs	earth,	G1093 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἵνα	ina	that	G2443 →
ἀλλήλους	allēlous	one another	G240 →
σφάξουσιν.	sphaxousin	they will slay.	G4969 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐδόθη	edothē	was given	G1325 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to him	G846 →
μάχαιρα	machaira	a sword	G3162 →
μεγάλη.¶	megalē	great.	G3173 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 10:34
Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword.
leads to
- Luke 12:49–53
  I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
- Acts 14:4
  The people of the city were divided. Some sided with the Jews, and others with the apostles.
- Acts 13:45–50
  But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
- Acts 14:2
  But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
Through
Revelation 13:10
“If anyone is destined for captivity, into captivity he will go; if anyone is to die by the sword, by the sword he must be killed.” Here is a call for the perseverance and…
leads to
- Jeremiah 15:2
  If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword;…
- Revelation 14:12
  Here is a call for the perseverance of the saints who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.
- Isaiah 33:1
  Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
- Revelation 3:10
  Because you have kept My command to persevere, I will also keep you from the hour of testing that is about to come upon the whole world, to test those who dwell on the…

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation