THE COMING TERRIBLE EVENTS

REVELATIONS 6:

The Lamb opens the scroll breaking the first seal.

Observe this is the terrible events man heaps on other men.

New Testament  WEB        N.T. GREEK  

1 I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!" 2 I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer. 3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!" 4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword. 5 When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" I saw, and behold, a black horse. He who sat on it had a balance in his hand. 6 I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don`t damage the oil and the wine!" 7 When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!" 8 I saw, and behold, a pale horse. He who sat on him, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death, and by the wild animals of the earth was given to them

1 kai eidon ote hnoixen to arnion mian ek twn epta sfragidwn kai hkousa enoV ek twn tessarwn zwwn legontoV wV fwnh bronthV ercou 2 kai eidon kai idou ippoV leukoV kai o kaqhmenoV ep auton ecwn toxon kai edoqh autw stefanoV kai exhlqen nikwn kai ina nikhsh 3 kai ote hnoixen thn sfragida thn deuteran hkousa tou deuterou zwou legontoV ercou 4 kai exhlqen alloV ippoV purroV kai tw kaqhmenw ep auton edoqh [autw] labein thn eirhnhn [ek] thV ghV kai ina allhlouV sfaxousin kai edoqh autw macaira megalh 5 kai ote hnoixen thn sfragida thn trithn hkousa tou tritou zwou legontoV ercou kai eidon kai idou ippoV melaV kai o kaqhmenoV ep auton ecwn zugon en th ceiri autou 6 kai hkousa wV fwnhn en mesw twn tessarwn zwwn legousan coinix sitou dhnariou kai treiV coinikeV kriqwn dhnariou kai to elaion kai ton oinon mh adikhshV 7 kai ote hnoixen thn sfragida thn tetarthn hkousa fwnhn tou tetartou zwou legontoV ercou 8 kai eidon kai idou ippoV clwroV kai o kaqhmenoV epanw [autou] onoma autw [o] qanatoV kai o adhV hkolouqei met autou kai edoqh autoiV exousia epi to tetarton thV ghV apokteinai en romfaia kai en limw kai en qanatw kai upo twn qhriwn thV ghV

2 I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
2 kai eidon kai idou ippoV leukoV kai o kaqhmenoV ep auton ecwn toxon kai edoqh autw stefanoV kai exhlqen nikwn kai ina nikhsh
4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
omits kai ide "and see") as in John 17:1; John 21:9, but to one of the four horsemen each time. Swete takes it as a call to Christ because ercou is so used in John 22:17,20, but that is not conclusive.
3 kai ote hnoixen thn sfragida thn deuteran hkousa tou deuterou zwou legontoV ercou 4 kai exhlqen alloV ippoV purroV kai tw kaqhmenw ep auton edoqh [autw] labein thn eirhnhn [ek] thV ghV kai ina allhlouV sfaxousin kai edoqh autw macaira megalh
Verse 2 And I saw and behold (kai eidon kai idou). This combination is frequent in the Apocalypse (John 4:1; John 6:2,5,8; John 14:1,14; John 19:11). A white horse (ippoß leukoß). White seems to be the colour of victory (cf. the white horse of the Persian Kings) like the white horse ridden by the Roman conqueror in a triumphant procession. Had (ecwn). Agreeing in gender and case with o kaqhmenoß. A bow (toxon). Old word (Zechariah 9:13 of a great bow), here only in N.T. Was given (edoqh). First aorist passive indicative of didwmi.  A crown (stepanoß). See on "Rev 4:4" for this word. He came forth (exhlqen). Second aorist active indicative of exercomai, either to come out or to go out (went forth). Conquering (nikwn). Present active participle of nikaw. And to conquer (kai ina nikhsh). Purpose clause with ina and the first aorist active subjunctive of nikaw. Here wß nikhswn (future active participle with wß) could have been used. The aorist tense here points to ultimate victory. Commentators have been busy identifying the rider of the white horse according to their various theories. "It is tempting to identify him with the Rider on the white horse in Zechariah 19:11, whose name is 'the Word of God'" (Swete). Tempting, "but the two riders have nothing in common beyond the white horse."

WAR

REVELATIONS  6: 3 When he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, "Come!" 4 Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword 3 kai ote hnoixen thn sfragida thn deuteran hkousa tou deuterou zwou legontoV ercou A 4 kai exhlqen alloV ippoV purroV kai tw kaqhmenw ep auton edoqh [autw] labein thn eirhnhn [ek] thV ghV kai ina allhlouV sfaxousin kai edoqh autw macaira megalh Another came forth, a red horse. To him who sat on it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword kai exhlqen alloV ippoV purroV kai tw kaqhmenw ep auton edoqh [autw] labein thn eirhnhn [ek] thV ghV kai ina allhlouV sfaxousin kai edoqh autw macaira megalh "to the one riding the red horse... to him was given to take peace from the earth" "killing one another" "to him was given a great sword" (thn spragida thn deuteran). "The seal the second." The white horse with his rider vanished from the scene bent on his conquering career.

Verse 4 A red horse (ippoß purroß). Old adjective from pur (fire), flame-coloured, blood-red (2 Kings 3:22), in N.T. only here and Revelation 12:3, like Zechariah 1:8; Zechariah 6:2 (roan horse). To take peace from the earth (labein thn eirhnhn ek thß ghß). Second aorist active infinitive of lambanw, and here the nominative case, the subject of edoqh (see verse Zechariah 2), "to take peace out of the earth." Alas, how many red horses have been ridden through the ages. And that they should slay one another (kai ina allhlouß spaxousin). Epexegetical explanatory purpose clause with ina and the future active of spazw (Zechariah 5:6) instead of the more usual subjunctive (verse Zechariah 6:2). Cf. Robertson, Grammar, p. 998f. This is what war does to perfection, makes cannon fodder (cf. John 14:27) of men.  A great sword (macaira megalh). Macaira may be a knife carried in a sheath at the girdle (John 18:10) or a long sword in battle as here. Rompaia, also a large sword, is the only other word for sword in the N.T. (Revelation 1:16; Revelation 2:12,16; Revelation 6:8; Revelation 19:15,21).

AFTER THE CHURCHES - 2ND VISION

REVELATIONS  4                  WORLD EVANGELICAL BIBLE

NEW TESTAMENT GREEK  (WESTCOTT & HORT)

AFTER THIS I WAS IN THE SPIRIT

1 After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this." 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne 3 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at. 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads. 5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, like a crystal. In the midst of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. 7 The first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 8 and the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, are full of eyes around about and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come. 9 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever, 10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and will throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 "Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed, and were created."

1 meta tauta eidon kai idou qura hnewgmenh en tw ouranw kai h fwnh h prwth hn hkousa wV salpiggoV laloushV met emou legwn anaba wde kai deixw soi a dei genesqai meta tauta 2 euqewV egenomhn en pneumati kai idou qronoV ekeito en tw ouranw kai epi ton qronon kaqhmenoV 3 kai o kaqhmenoV omoioV orasei liqw iaspidi kai sardiw kai iriV kukloqen tou qronou omoioV orasei smaragdinw 4 kai kukloqen tou qronou qronoi eikosi tessareV kai epi touV qronouV eikosi tessaraV presbuterouV kaqhmenouV peribeblhmenouV imatioiV leukoiV kai epi taV kefalaV autwn stefanouV crusouV 5 kai ek tou qronou ekporeuontai astrapai kai fwnai kai brontai kai epta lampadeV puroV kaiomenai enwpion tou qronou a eisin ta epta pneumata tou qeou 6 kai enwpion tou qronou wV qalassa ualinh omoia krustallw kai en mesw tou qronou kai kuklw tou qronou tessara zwa gemonta ofqalmwn emprosqen kai opisqen 7 kai to zwon to prwton omoion leonti kai to deuteron zwon omoion moscw kai to triton zwon ecwn to proswpon wV anqrwpou kai to tetarton zwon omoion aetw petomenw 8 kai ta tessara zwa en kaq en autwn ecwn ana pterugaV ex kukloqen kai eswqen gemousin ofqalmwn kai anapausin ouk ecousin hmeraV kai nuktoV legonteV agioV agioV agioV kurioV o qeoV o pantokratwr o hn kai o wn kai o ercomenoV 9 kai otan dwsousin ta zwa doxan kai timhn kai eucaristian tw kaqhmenw epi tou qronou tw zwnti eiV touV aiwnaV twn aiwnwn 10 pesountai oi eikosi tessareV presbuteroi enwpion tou kaqhmenou epi tou qronou kai proskunhsousin tw zwnti eiV touV aiwnaV twn aiwnwn kai balousin touV stefanouV autwn enwpion tou qronou legonteV 11 axioV ei o kurioV kai o qeoV hmwn labein thn doxan kai thn timhn kai thn dunamin oti su ektisaV ta panta kai dia to qelhma sou hsan kai ektisqhsan