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Revelation 6:10 — King James Version← Study notes

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?


Revelation 6:10Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 6:1026 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἔκραξανekraxan
cry (out)verbG2896
φωνῇphōnē
in a voicenounG5456
μεγάλῃmegalē
loudadjectiveG3173
λέγοντεςlegontes
sayingverbG3004
ἝωςHeōs
UntilprepositionG2193
πότεpote
afore-(any, some-)time(-s), at length (the…adverbG4218
ho
OarticleG3588
δεσπότηςdespotēs
LordnounG1203
ho
thearticleG3588
ἅγιοςhagios
holyadjectiveG40
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἀληθινόςalēthinos
trueadjectiveG228
οὐou
notadverbG3756
κρίνειςkrineis
do You judgeverbG2919
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐκδικεῖςekdikeis
you avengeverbG1556
τὸto
thearticleG3588
αἷμαhaima
bloodnounG129
ἡμῶνhēmōn
IpronounG1473
ἐκek
from / out ofprepositionG1537
τῶνtōn
thosearticleG3588
κατοικούντωνkatoikountōn
dwellingverbG2730
ἐπὶepi
uponprepositionG1909
τῆςtēs
thearticleG3588
γῆςgēs
earth?nounG1093
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 6:10

“And when He had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain.” He relates that he saw under the altar of God, that is, under the earth, the souls of them that were slain. For both heaven and earth are called God's altar, as says the law, commanding in the symbolic form of the truth two altars to be made — a golden one within, and a brazen one without. But we perceive that the golden altar is thus called heaven, by the testimony that our Lord…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The martyrs cry out from under the altar, and their question is one believers through history have asked. When will justice come? Why are the wicked unpunished? John gives them an answer: wait. Your v...
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