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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:5-6

And when he had opened the third seal - Unfolding another portion of the volume. See the notes on Revelation 5:1.I heard the third beast say, Come and see - See the notes on Revelation 4:7. It is not apparent why the third beast is represented as taking a particular interest in the opening of this seal (compare the notes on Revelation 6:3), nor is it necessary to show why it was so. The general design seems to have been, to represent each one of the four living creatures as interested in the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 6:5-6

Revelation 6:5-6. And when he had opened the third seal I heard the third living creature Which was like a man, and had his station in the south; say As the two former had done; Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse A fit emblem of mourning and distress; particularly a black famine, as the ancient poets termed it. And he that sat on him had a pair of balances, or scales, in his hand Implying that men should eat their bread by weight, and drink their water by measure, or... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 6:1-17

6:1-8:5 THE SEVEN SEALSMuch of the next part of the book records three series of judgment visions that John saw - the seven seals (6:1-8:5), the seven trumpets (8:6-11:19) and the seven bowls of wrath (15:1-16:21). John also saw another series of visions, the seven thunders, but God did not allow him to record them (10:3-4). This is a reminder that God has not given us all the information about what he is doing, and will yet do, as he brings his purposes in the world to fulfilment.In the... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 6:6

heard. The texts add "as it were". voice. Same as noise, Revelation 6:1 . measure. Greek. choenix ; . App-51 . penny. App-51 . Bread by weight means scarcity (compare Ezekiel 4:10 , Ezekiel 4:16 , Ezekiel 4:17 ). A denarius was a day's wage (Matthew 20:2 ), and a choenix of corn was a slave's daily ration, an amount usually purchasable for one-eighth of a denarius. see. Omit, and read the clause "and hurt thou not" ( App-105 ). oil . . . wine. By Figure of speech Metalepsis this may... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 6:5-6

Revelation 6:5-6. When he had opened the third seal, &c.— The third seal or period is characterized by the strict execution of justice and judgment, and by the procuration of corn, oil, and wine; and was proclaimed by the third living creature, who was like a man, and had his station in the South. The measure of corn mentioned, Rev 6:6 is, in the original, a choenix, which was a man's daily allowance as a penny was his daily wages; so that if his daily labour could earn no more than his... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 6:6

6. a voice—Two oldest manuscripts, A, C, read, "as it were a voice." B reads as English Version. The voice is heard "in the midst of the four living creatures" (as Jehovah in the Shekinah-cloud manifested His presence between the cherubim); because it is only for the sake of, and in connection with, His redeemed, that God mitigates His judgments on the earth. A measure—"A choelignix." While making food scarce, do not make it so much so that a choelignix (about a day's provision of wheat,... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 6:5-6

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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 6:6

The voice in the middle of the four living creatures must belong to God or the Lamb, probably God the Father since He is the ultimate source of all these judgments (cf. Revelation 6:11). The price of wheat (good food) and barley (cheap cattle food) will be very high. A quart of wheat would provide one meal, but it would cost a whole day’s wages. In John’s day a denarius would purchase eight to 16 times as much food as what he said it will purchase in the future. [Note: Cicero, In Verrem 3.81.]... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 6:1-17

The Six SealsThe afflicted Church has been reminded in Revelation 4 f. that God is over all, and that the future is committed to the Lamb. Now (Revelation 6 - Revelation 8:1) she is shown that future, unrolling to its appointed end, i.e. the judgment of the enemies of God and the triumph of those who ’overcome.’ The Lamb opens the seven seals. Apparently we are to understand that, as each seal is opened, a portion of that which is written in the book is revealed pictorially. Revelation 7... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 6:5-6

(5, 6) When He had opened.—Better, When he opened. The words “and see” are to be omitted here, as in the other seals. And I saw, and behold a horse, black, and he that sat on him having a balance in his hand. And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living beings, saying, A choenix of wheat for a denarius (penny), and three choenixes of barley for a denarius (penny), and the oil and the wine do thou not hurt. “Balance:” There is scarcely a doubt that a balance, or pair of scales,... read more