Revelation 10:1

And I saw another, a mighty messenger, descending out of heaven,—arrayed with a cloud, and, the rainbow, was upon his head, and, his face, was as the sun, and, his feet, were as pillars of fire,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:

In Context

2and [he was] holding in his hand a little scroll, opened; and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left upon the land,

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Cross References

Exodus 16:10And it came to pass, when Aaron spake unto all the assembly of the sons of Israel, then turned they towards the desert,—and lo! the glory of Yahweh, had appeared in the cloud,

Psalms 97:2Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.

Song of Solomon 5:15His legs, pillars of white marble, founded on sockets of gold,—His form, like Lebanon, choice as cedars:

Isaiah 54:9For, the waters of Noah, is this unto me,—As to which I sware that the waters of Noah should not again pass over the earth, So have I sworn Not to be vexed with thee Nor to rebuke thee.

Ezekiel 1:28as the appearance of the bow which is in a cloud on a day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about, that was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Yahweh, and when I saw, I fell upon my face, and heard a voice of one speaking.

Daniel 10:6whose body, was like Tarshish-stone, and, his face, like the appearance of lightning, and, his eyes, were like torches of fire, and, his arms and his feet, like the look of bronze burnished,—and, the sound of his words, was like the sound of a multitude.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 10:1

This chapter is an introduction to the latter part of the prophecies of this book. Whether what is contained between this and the sounding of the seventh trumpet ( ch. xi. 15 ) be a distinct prophecy from the other, or only a more general account of some of the principal things included in the other, is disputed by our curious enquirers into these abstruse writings. However, here we have, I. A remarkable description of a very glorious angel with an open book in his hand, ver. 1-3 . II. An account of seven thunders… Read the whole commentary →

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