Revelation 8:2
And I saw seven Angels standing in the sight of God. And seven trumpets were given to them.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets.
In Context
1And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Amos 3:6Will the trumpet sound in a city, and the people not become frightened? Will there be disaster in a city, which the Lord has not done?
Luke 1:19And in response, the Angel said to him: “I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I have been sent to speak to you, and to proclaim these things to you.
Revelation 9:13And the sixth Angel sounded the trumpet. And I heard a lone voice from the four horns of the golden altar, which is before the eyes of God,
Revelation 15:1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and wondrous: seven Angels, holding the seven last afflictions. For with them, the wrath of God is completed.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 8:2-7
The Seven Trumpets. ( a. d. 95.) 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half a hour. 2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven trumpets. 3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the… Read the whole commentary →