Revelation 8:1

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

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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 saw the seven angels who stood before God; and seven trumpets were given unto them.

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Cross References

Revelation 5:1And I saw upon the right hand of the one sitting upon the throne a book having been written within and without, having been sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 6:1And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures speaking, like a voice of thunder, Come.

Revelation 6:5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come. And I saw; and behold a black horse; and the one sitting on him having a balance in his hand.

Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the altar the souls of those who had been slain on account of the word of God, and the testimony 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 →

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