Then the kings of the earth and the great ones and the generals and the rich and the powerful, and everyone, slave and free, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,
In the remaining part of this chapter we have the opening of the fifth and the sixth seals. I. The fifth seal. Here is no mention made of any one who called the apostle to make his observation, probably because the decorum of the vision was to be observed, and each of the four living creatures had discharged its duty of a monitor before, or...
Commenting on Revelation 6:9-17
And the king's of the earth, and the great men,.... The Roman emperors, and other principal magistrates, governors of provinces and cities: and the rich men; among the commonalty; these three may design perhaps more particularly the emperors, nobles, and senate of Rome: and the chief captains; or captains of thousands, that had the command of the Roman legions and the mighty men; the soldiers...
Verse 15. The universal consternation: And the kings of the earth, etc. The design of this and the following verses, () in the varied language used, is evidently to denote universal consternation and alarm --as if the earth should be convulsed, and the stars should fall, and the heavens should pass away.