Revelation 6:1

Then I saw the Lamb break one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four creatures crying with a voice like thunder – ‘Come.’

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And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

In Context

2And in my vision I saw a white horse. Its rider held a bow, and he was given a crown, and he went out conquering and to conquer.

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Cross References

Acts 4:20for we cannot help speaking of what we have seen and heard.”

Revelation 5:1Then I saw at the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a book, with writing inside and out, and sealed with seven seals;

Revelation 6:3When the Lamb broke the second seal, I heard the second creature crying – ‘Come.’

Revelation 6:7When the Lamb broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth creature crying – ‘Come.’

Revelation 11:19Then the Temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark containing his covenant was seen in his Temple; and there followed flashes of lightning, cries, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great storm of hail.

Revelation 19:6Then I heard what seemed to be the shout of a vast throng, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of loud peals of thunder, crying – ‘Hallelujah! For the Lord is king, our God, the Almighty.

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 →

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