Revelation 9:1

The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of the abyss was given to him.

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In The King James Version

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 pit of the abyss, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a burning furnace. The sun and the air were darkened because of the smoke from the pit.

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Cross References

Isaiah 14:12How you have fallen from heaven, shining one, son of the dawn! How you are cut down to the ground, who laid the nations low!

Luke 10:18He said to them, “I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.

2 Thessalonians 2:3Let no one deceive you in any way. For it will not be unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of destruction.

Revelation 1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

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

Revelation 8:10The third angel sounded, and a great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one third of the rivers, and on the springs of water.

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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