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Revelation 8:1 — King James Version← Study notes

And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.


Revelation 8:1Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 8:114 words
GreekMeaning
ΚαὶKai
AndwordG2532
ὅτανhotan
as long (soon) as, that, + tillwordG3752
ἤνοιξενēnoixen
He openedverbG455
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
σφραγῖδαsphragida
sealnounG4973
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἑβδόμηνhebdomēn
seventhadjectiveG1442
ἐγένετοegeneto
there wasverbG1096
σιγὴsigē
silencenounG4602
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
τῷ
thearticleG3588
οὐρανῷouranō
heavennounG3772
ὡςhōs
for aboutadverbG5613
ἡμιώριονhēmiōrion
half an hournounG2256
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 8:1

“And when He had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half an hour.” Whereby is signified the beginning of everlasting rest; but it is described as partial, because the silence being interrupted, he repeats it in order. For if the silence had continued, here would be an end of his narrative.

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Omar HassanNote3mo ago
The Silence Before Sound
I'm a musician and sound engineer, and I'm obsessed with this image: when the seventh seal is opened, there's silence for about half an hour. After all the noise and movement and vision, silence. Not...
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