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Angel of the Revelation (Book of Revelation, chapter 10), circa 1803–5, by William Blake (1757–1827)
Book Book of Revelation
Category Apocalypse
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Revelation 10 is the tenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, [1] [2] but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate. [3] This chapter and the first part of the next chapter report two episodes which intervene between the sounding of the sixth and seventh trumpets. [4]

Contents

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 11 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others: [5] [lower-alpha 1]

Old Testament references

Verse 1

I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud.
And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. [8]

Verse 4

Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write; but I heard a voice from heaven saying to me, "Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and do not write them." [10]

Verse 9

So I went to the angel and said to him, "Give me the little book."
And he said to me, "Take and eat it; and it will make your stomach bitter, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth." [12]

Verse 11

And he [the angel] said to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, tongues, and kings.” [13] [14]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Book of Revelation is missing from Codex Vaticanus. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Davids, Peter H (1982). I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque (ed.). New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James (Repr. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN   0802823882.
  2. ↑ Evans, Craig A (2005). Craig A Evans (ed.). Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor. ISBN   0781442281.
  3. ↑ F. L. Cross, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), 45
  4. ↑ Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 10, accessed 2 November 2018
  5. ↑ Elliott, J. K. "Revelations from the apparatus criticus of the Book of Revelation: How Textual Criticism Can Help Historians." Union Seminary Quarterly Review 63, no. 3-4 (2012): 1-23.
  6. ↑ Claremont Coptic Encyclopaedia, Codex Vaticanus, accessed 29 September 2018
  7. ↑ "Biblical concordances of Revelation 10 in the 1611 King James Bible".
  8. ↑ Revelation 10:1 NKJV
  9. 1 2 Simcox, W. H., Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges on Revelation 10:1, accessed 3 November 2018
  10. ↑ Revelation 10:4 NKJV
  11. ↑ Note [a] on Revelation 10:4 in NKJV
  12. ↑ Revelation 10:9 NKJV
  13. ↑ Revelation 10:11 NKJV
  14. ↑ John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible - Revelation 10:11
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