“And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.”
At that very hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were filled with awe and gave glory to the God of heaven — the witnesses' ascension triggers earthquake (seismos mega), destroying a tenth (dekatē) of the city and killing 7,000. The survivors' response is ambiguous: awe and giving glory to God suggest repentance, yet they refuse to repent (compare 9:20).
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