Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 6

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Revelation 6 . 1 , The opening of the seals in order , and what followed thereupon , containing a prophecy to the end of the world.

Revelation 6:1

Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”

Revelation 6:1 · BSB

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Revelation 6:2

So I looked and saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.

Revelation 6:2 · BSB

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This seems to be a representation of the person and dignity of Christ , and the mild and beneficent triumphs of his Gospel over all the powers of paganism

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Revelation 6:3

And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

Revelation 6:3 · BSB

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Revelation 6:4

Then another horse went forth. It was bright red, and its rider was granted permission to take away peace from the earth and to make men slay one another. And he was given a great sword.

Revelation 6:4 · BSB

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Revelation 6:5

And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of scales.

Revelation 6:5 · BSB

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Revelation 6:6

And I heard what sounded like a voice from among the four living creatures, saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius, and do not harm the oil and wine.”

Revelation 6:6 · BSB

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A measure "The word choenix signifieth a measure containing one wine-quart and the twelfth part of a quart."

Revelation 6:7

And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”

Revelation 6:7 · BSB

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Revelation 6:8

Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.

Revelation 6:8 · BSB

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Revelation 6:9

And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

Revelation 6:9 · BSB

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Revelation 6:10

And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord, holy and true, until You avenge our blood and judge those who dwell upon the earth?”

Revelation 6:10 · BSB

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avenge This seal seems a prediction of the terrible persecution of the church under Dioclesian and Maximian , from ad 270 to 304 , which lasted longer , and was far more bloody , than any or all by which it was preceded , whence it was called "the era of the martyrs.

Revelation 6:11

Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

Revelation 6:11 · BSB

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Revelation 6:12

And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,

Revelation 6:12 · BSB

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Revelation 6:13

and the stars of the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs dropping from a tree shaken by a great wind.

Revelation 6:13 · BSB

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Revelation 6:14

The sky receded like a scroll being rolled up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.

Revelation 6:14 · BSB

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Revelation 6:15

Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains.

Revelation 6:15 · BSB

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Revelation 6:16

And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

Revelation 6:16 · BSB

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Revelation 6:17

For the great day of Their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

Revelation 6:17 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web4 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Revelation 6:10 → Genesis 4:10, Revelation 6:10 → Psalm 79:10
Trajectories
Abel (First Martyr), Lamech's Song (Vengeance vs Forgiveness)
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