Revelation 8:1
And when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
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In Context
2And I saw the seven angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them seven trumpets.
Cross References
Psalms 37:7Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for him: Fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, Because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass.
Habakkuk 2:20But Jehovah is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.
Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.
Revelation 6:1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, Come.
Revelation 6:5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon had a balance in his hand.
Revelation 6:9And when he 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:
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 →