Revelation 8:1
AND when he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about half an hour.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
2And I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and there were given to them seven trumpets.
Cross References
Revelation 5:1AND I saw, on the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written within and on the back side, sealed up with seven seals.
Revelation 6:1AND I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four animals saying, as a voice of thunder: Come!
Revelation 6:5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third animal saying: Come! And I saw, and behold a black horse, and he who sat on him having a balance in his hand.
Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain on account of the word of God, and on account of the testimony which they had.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 8:1
We have already seen what occurred upon opening six of the seals; we now come to the opening of the seventh, which introduced the sounding of the seven trumpets; and a direful scene now opens. Most expositors agree that the seven seals represent the interval between the apostle's time and the reign of Constantine, but that the seven trumpets are designed to represent the rise of antichrist, some time after the empire became Christian. In this chapter we have, I. The preface, or prelude, to the sounding of the… Read the whole commentary →