Revelation 6:1
And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder, saying: Come, and see.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Acts 4:20For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 6:3And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature, saying: Come, and see.
Revelation 6:7And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature, saying: Come, and see.
Revelation 11:19And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple, and there were lightnings, and voices, and an earthquake, and great hail.
Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord our God the Almighty hath reigned.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:1
The book of the divine counsels being thus lodged in the hand of Christ, he loses no time, but immediately enters upon the work of opening the seals and publishing the contents; but this is done in such a manner as still leaves the predictions very abstruse and difficult to be understood. Hitherto the waters of the sanctuary have been as those in Ezekiel's vision, only to the ankles, or to the knees, or to the loins at least; but here they begin to be a river that cannot be passed over. The visions which John saw,… Read the whole commentary →