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Revelation 9:15 — King James Version← Study notes

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.


Revelation 9:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 9:1522 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐλύθησανelythēsan
were releasedverbG3089
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
τέσσαρεςtessares
fouradjectiveG5064
ἄγγελοιangeloi
angelsnounG32
οἱhoi
whoarticleG3588
ἡτοιμασμένοιhētoimasmenoi
preparedverbG2090
εἰςeis
forprepositionG1519
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ὥρανhōran
hournounG5610
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἡμέρανhēmeran
daynounG2250
καὶkai
andwordG2532
μῆναmēna
monthnounG3375
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐνιαυτόνeniauton
yearnounG1763
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
ἀποκτείνωσινapokteinōsin
they may killverbG615
τὸto
thearticleG3588
τρίτονtriton
a thirdadjectiveG5154
τῶνtōn
thearticleG3588
ἀνθρώπωνanthrōpōn
of mankindnounG444
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 9:15

“And I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is in the presence of God, saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels.” That is, the four corners of the earth which hold the four winds. “Which are bound in the great river Euphrates.” By the corners of the earth, or the four winds across the river Euphrates, are meant four nations, because to every nation is sent an angel; as said the law, “He determined them by the number of the…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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