Revelation 8:1

And when he openeth the seventh seal, there came silence in the heaven about half-an-hour,

Young's 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 saw the seven messengers who before God have stood, and there were given to them seven trumpets,

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Cross References

Psalms 37:7Be silent for Jehovah, and stay thyself for Him, Do not fret because of him Who is making prosperous his way, Because of a man doing wicked devices.

Habakkuk 2:20And Jehovah [is] in His holy temple, Be silent before Him, all the earth!

Revelation 5:1And I saw upon the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne a scroll, written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals;

Revelation 6:1And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as it were a voice of thunder, 'Come and behold!'

Revelation 6:5And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, 'Come and behold!' and I saw, and lo, a black horse, and he who is sitting upon it is having a balance in his hand,

Revelation 6:9And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

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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