Revelation 6:9

And when it opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held;

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

In Context

8And I saw: and behold, a pale horse, and he that sat upon it, his name [was] Death, and hades followed with him; and authority was given to him over the fourth of the earth to slay with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and by the beasts of the earth.

10and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O sovereign Ruler, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth?

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Cross References

John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues; but the hour is coming that every one who kills you will think to render service to God;

Philippians 1:23But I am pressed by both, having the desire for departure and being with Christ, [for] [it is] very much better,

2 Timothy 1:8Be not therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but suffer evil along with the glad tidings, according to the power of God;

Revelation 1:2who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.

Revelation 2:13I know where thou dwellest, where the throne of Satan [is]; and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in the days in which Antipas my faithful witness [was], who was slain among you, where Satan dwells.

Revelation 9:13And the sixth angel sounded [his] trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which [is] before God,

Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:4-9

The Opening of the Seals. ( a. d. 95.) 3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see. 4 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. 5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6 And I… Read the whole commentary →

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