Revelation 9:1

Then the fifth angel blew; and I saw a star that had fallen on the earth from the heavens, and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

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And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.

In Context

2He opened the bottomless pit, and from the pit rose a smoke like the smoke of a great furnace. The sun and the air grew dark because of the smoke from the pit.

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Cross References

Luke 10:18And Jesus replied, “I have had visions of Satan, fallen, like lightning from the heavens.

2 Thessalonians 2:3Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way. For it will not come before the final rebellion against God, when lawlessness is revealed in human form, headed for destruction.

Revelation 1:18the Everliving. I died, and I am alive for ever and ever. And I hold the keys of death and of Hades.

Revelation 8:2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.

Revelation 8:10Then the third angel blew; and there fell from the heavens a great star, burning like a torch. It fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:1

In this chapter we have an account of the sounding of the fifth and sixth trumpets, the appearances that attended them, and the events that were to follow; the fifth trumpet ( ver. 1-12 ), the sixth, ver. 13, &c. . Read the whole commentary →

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