Revelation 9:1

And the fifth agent sounded, and I saw a star fallen from the sky to the earth. And the key of the pit of the abyss was given to him.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

In Context

2And he opened the pit of the abyss, and smoke ascended out of the pit, like smoke of a burning furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened from the smoke of the pit.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:12How thou are fallen from heaven, O day-star, son of the morning! How thou are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

Luke 10:18And he said to them, I beheld Satan fallen as lightning from the sky.

2 Thessalonians 2:3Let not any man deceive you in any way, because if not, the defection may come first, and he may be revealed--the man of sin, the son of destruction,

Revelation 1:18and he who lives. And I became dead, and behold, I am living into the ages of the ages. Truly. And I have the keys of death and of Hades.

Revelation 8:2And I saw the seven agents who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

Revelation 8:10And the third agent sounded, and a great star fell from the heaven burning like a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the springs of the waters.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:1

In this chapter we have an account of the sounding of the fifth and sixth trumpets, the appearances that attended them, and the events that were to follow; the fifth trumpet ( ver. 1-12 ), the sixth, ver. 13, &c. . Read the whole commentary →

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