“And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.”
And he cried out with a loud voice, like a lion roaring; and when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded — the angel's voice (phone megale) is lion-like (like a roaring lion, Amos 3:8), apocalyptic in its authority. His cry triggers the seven thunders (brontē), voices from the divine throne. The thunders represent God's response, affirming the angel's authority.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:3
“Seven thunders uttered their voices.” The seven thunders uttering their voices signify the Holy Spirit of sevenfold power, who through the prophets announced all things to come, and by His voice John gave his testimony in the world; but because he says that he was about to write the things which the thunders had uttered, that is, whatever things had been obscure in the announcements of the Old Testament; he is forbidden to write them, but he was charged to leave them sealed,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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