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Revelation 6:7

in Revelation 6

And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, Come.

KJV

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.

This verse in Revelation 6

Commentary

9 notes on this verse
"And when He had opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, Come and see. And, lo, a pale horse; and he who sate upon him was named Death." For the pale horse and he who sate upon him bore the name of Death. These same things also the Lord had promised among the rest of the coming destructions-great pestilences and deaths; since, moreover, he says:- "And hell followed him." That is, it was waiting for the devouring of many unrighteous souls. This is the pale horse.

This site's exposition

the fourth living creature say

on Revelation 6:7-8

The fourth horse is pale green, the Greek chloros, the color of sickness and a corpse, and Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed. Their authority over a fourth of the earth comes by sword, famine, plague and beasts, the four judgments of Ezekiel 14:21.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

It is the breaking of the fourth seal and the beginning of the release from the sin of Adam's transgression. For this release is the indicator of reconciliation with God. For if "our sins separate us from God", as Isaiah says (Isa. 59:2), then their …

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 6:7 · Written before 614.

proposed

The soaring flight and the swiftness upon its prey of the fourth living creature, namely, the eagle, suggests those plagues that come from above, from the divine wrath for the vindication of the pious and for the punishment of the impious, unless these should turn …

A commentator

Alcuin of York

COMMENTARY ON REVELATION · Written before 804.

proposed

And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying: Come, and see. And behold a pale horse, and he that sat upon him, his name was Death, and hell followed him. The people represented by the …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And when he had opened the fourth seal,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

And when he had opened the fourth seal - See the notes at Rev 5:1. I heard the voice of the fourth beast say - The flying eagle. See the notes at Rev 15:7. As in the other cases, there does not appear to have been any particular reason why the fourth of the living creatures should have made this proclamation rather than either of the others. It was poetic and appropriate to represent each one in his turn as making proclamation. Come and see - See the notes at Rev 6:1.
2 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

and see--supported by B; omitted by A, C, and Vulgate. The fourth living creature, who was "like a flying eagle," introduces this seal; implying high-soaring intelligence, and judgment descending from on high fatally on the ungodly, as the king of birds on his prey.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The fourth beast - That which had the face of an eagle.

The words behind it

14 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

    Revelation 4:7

    The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 10:14

      Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.

    • Ezekiel 1:10

      The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side,…

    • Ezekiel 10:21

      Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

  • Through

    Revelation 6:5

    And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of…

    it leads to

    • Revelation 6:1

      Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Zechariah 6:2

      The first chariot had red horses, the second black horses,

  • Through

    Revelation 6:1

    Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”

    it leads to

    • Revelation 6:5

      And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of…

    • Revelation 5:1

      Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

  • Through

    Revelation 6:3

    And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

    it leads to

    • Revelation 4:7

      The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.

Where this verse is studied

About Revelation

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 6:7; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation and Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John.