Revelation 18:1

AFTER these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

In Context

2And he cried with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become a habitation of demons, and a hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.

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Cross References

2 Thessalonians 2:8And then will the Lawless One be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will consume with the breath of his mouth, and will destroy with the manifestation of his coming;

Revelation 17:1AND there came one of the seven angels who have the seven cups, and talked with me, saying: Come hither; I will show thee the judgment of the great harlot, that sits upon many waters;

Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine on it; for the glory of God lightened it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 18:1

We have here, I. An angel proclaiming the fall of Babylon, ver. 1, 2 . II. Assigning the reasons of her fall, ver. 3 . III. Giving warning to all who belonged to God to come out of her ( ver. 4, 5 ), and to assist in her destruction, ver. 6-8 . IV. The great lamentation made for her by those who had been large sharers in her sinful pleasures and profits, ver. 9-19 . V. The great joy that there would be among others at the sight of her irrecoverable ruin, ver. 20 , &c. Read the whole commentary →

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