Revelation 8:1

And when he had opened the seuenth seale, there was silence in heauen about halfe an houre.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 sawe the seuen Angels, which stoode before God, and to them were giuen seuen trumpets.

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Cross References

Psalms 37:7Waite patiently vpon the Lord and hope in him: fret not thy selfe for him which prospereth in his way: nor for the man that bringeth his enterprises to passe.

Habakkuk 2:20But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth keepe silence before him.

Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sate vpon the throne, a Booke written within, and on the backside, sealed with seuen seales.

Revelation 6:1After, I beheld whe the Lambe had opened one of the seales, and I heard one of the foure beastes say, as it were the noise of thunder, Come and see.

Revelation 6:5And when hee had opened the thirde seale, I heard the thirde beast say, Come and see: Then I behelde, and loe, a blacke horse, and he that sate on him, had balances in his hand.

Revelation 6:9And when hee had opened the fifth seale, I sawe vnder the altar the soules of them, that were killed for the worde of God, and for the testimonie which they mainteined.

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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