“By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.”
By these three plagues the third of humankind was killed: by the fire and smoke and sulfur issuing from their mouths — the three means of destruction (fire, smoke, sulfur) operate together, consuming a third of humanity. The catastrophe's scale matches the judgment's severity.
Church Fathers on Revelation 9:18
“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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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