Revelation 8:1

and when it-opens-up the seal, the seventh, refrain-from-speaking[noun] becomes in to{the heaven} as half-hour,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.

In Context

2and I-behold the seven messengers, who have-stood in-sight of{the God}, and seven trumpets are-given to{same},

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Cross References

Revelation 5:1and I-behold upon the right[hand] of{the being-seated} upon of{the throne} [a] scrollet, having-been-written inwardly and outwardly, having-been-affixed-with-seal-down/against to{seven seals},

Revelation 6:1and I-behold, when the lambkin opens-up one out of{the seven seals}, also I-hear of{one saying} out of{the four alive-s[noun]}, as sound of{thunder}, "Be-being-come and behold,"

Revelation 6:5and when it-opens-up the seal, the third, I-hear of{the third alive[noun] saying}, "Be-being-come," and I-behold and, behold, [a] black horse, and the being-seated upon same having [a] yoke in to{the hand} of{same},

Revelation 6:9and when it-opens-up the fifth seal I-behold down-under of{the sacrifice-place[i.e. altar]} the lives of{the having-been-slaughtered} through the word of{the God} and through the witness-ia which they-have-been-having,

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 →

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