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Revelation 9

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Revelation 9 is the ninth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle,{{cite book|last=Davids|first=Peter H|title=New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James|year=1982 |publisher=Eerdmans| location=Grand Rapids, Mich.| isbn=0802823882| edition=Repr. | editor=I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque}}{{cite book|last=Evans|first=Craig A|title=Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation| year=2005|publisher=Victor| location=Colorado Springs, Colo.|isbn=0781442281| editor=Craig A Evans}} but the precise identity of the author remains a point of academic debate.F. L. Cross, The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church, (New York: Oxford University Press, 1997), 45 In this chapter, the next two angels' trumpets are sounded, following the sounding of the first four trumpets in chapter 8.{{sfn|Bauckham|2007|p=1289}} These two trumpets and the final trumpet, sounded in chapter 11, are sometimes called the "woe trumpets".Barnes, A., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/barnes/revelation/9.htm Barnes' Notes] on Revelation 9, accessed 29 October 2018

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

=Textual witnesses=

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others:Elliott, J. K. "Revelations from the apparatus criticus of the Book of Revelation: How Textual

Criticism Can Help Historians." Union Seminary Quarterly Review 63, no. 3-4 (2012): 1-23.{{efn|The Book of Revelation is missing from Codex Vaticanus.Claremont Coptic Encyclopaedia, [http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cce/id/491#img_view_container Codex Vaticanus], accessed 29 September 2018}}

=Old Testament references=

  • {{bibleverse|Revelation|9:20|KJV}}: {{bibleverse|Psalm|115:4|KJV}}; {{bibleverse|Psalm|135:15|KJV}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Reuelation_9_1611/|title=Biblical concordances of REvelation 9 in the 1611 King James Bible}}

The Fifth Trumpet (9:1–11)

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=Verse 1=

: Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit.{{bibleref2|Revelation|9:1|NKJV}} NKJV

English nonconformist Moses Lowman explains that "stars, in the language of prophecy, signify angels.Lowman, M., Paraphrase and Notes upon the Revelation of St. John (1737, 1745; 1791, 1807), quoted by Joseph Benson in [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/revelation/9.htm Benson Commentary] on Revelation 9, accessed 31 October 2018

"The key to the bottomless pit" ({{langx|grc-x-biblical|ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ φρέατος τῆς ἀβύσσου|hē kleis tou phreatos tēs abyssou}}) is translated as "the key to the shaft of the Abyss" in the New International Version.

=Verse 3=

:Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.{{bibleref2|Revelation|9:3|KJV}} KJV

These locusts are 'a demonized version of the army of locusts in {{bibleverse|Joel|2:1-11|KJV}}'.{{sfn|Bauckham|2007|p=1295}}

=Verse 4=

:They were commanded not to harm the grass of the earth, or any green thing, or any tree {{bibleref2|Revelation|9:4|KJV}} KJV

Early Methodist theologian Joseph Benson says that this instruction "demonstrates that they were not natural but symbolical locusts."Benson, J., [https://biblehub.com/commentaries/benson/revelation/9.htm Benson Commentary] on Revelation 9, accessed 31 October 2018

=Verse 11=

{{main|Abaddon}}

:And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.{{bibleref2|Revelation|9:11|NKJV}} NKJV[http://www.biblestudytools.com/commentaries/gills-exposition-of-the-bible/Revelation-9-11.html John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible - Revelation 9:11]

The Vulgate adds a Latin equivalent, {{lang|la|latine habens nomen Exterminans}}, which the Wycliffe Bible explains as "Destroyer". The latter also describes the angel as "the angel of deepness".{{bibleref2|Revelation|9:11|WYC}}: Wycliffe Bible

The Sixth Trumpet (9:12–21)

=Verse 16=

:Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.{{bibleref2|Revelation|9:16|NKJV}} NKJV

See also

Notes

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References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last= Bauckham | first= Richard |author-link = Richard Bauckham | chapter = 81. Revelation | title=The Oxford Bible Commentary | editor-first1=John| editor-last1=Barton | editor-first2=John| editor-last2= Muddiman | publisher = Oxford University Press |edition= first (paperback) | date = 2007 | pages = 1287–1306 | isbn = 978-0199277186 | url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJdVkgEACAAJ| access-date=February 6, 2019}}

{{Source-attribution|{{cite book |last1=Gill |first1= John |title=Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746-1763) }} }}

External links

  • {{bibleverse|Revelation|9|KJV}} King James Bible - Wikisource
  • [http://www.latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=1&b=27&c=9 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617055229/http://latinvulgate.com/lv/verse.aspx?t=1&b=27&c=9 |date=2019-06-17 }}
  • [http://www.gospelhall.org/bible/bible.php?passage=Revelation+9 Online Bible at GospelHall.org] (ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English)
  • [http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?book_id=73&chapter=9 Multiple bible versions at Bible Gateway] (NKJV, NIV, NRSV etc.)

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