Revelation 8:1
When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.
World English Bible
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In Context
2I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
Cross References
Psalms 37:7Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.
Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD is in his holy temple. Let all the earth be silent before him!”
Revelation 5:1I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
Revelation 6:1I saw that 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 and see!”
Revelation 6:5When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come and see!” And behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand.
Revelation 6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb 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 →