One of the seven angels (εις εκ των επτα αγγελων). As in 17:1 with the same introduction when the angel made the announcement abou…

And there came to me one of the seven angels, etc. See Barnes on Revelation 16:6-7.

Why one of these angels was employed to make th…

THE HEAVENLY JERUSALEM DESCRIBED (Revelation 21:9 to Revelation 22:5).—Before entering on this section, it is wise to recall again that…

And there came to me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come here, I…

Here the parallelism with 17:1 is clearly deliberate. The bride, the wife of the Lamb, contrasts with the great prostitute, the archetypal image fo…

And there came unto me one of the seven angels
Either the first of them, as one of the four beasts is the first of t…

God has various employments for his holy angels. Sometimes they sound the trumpet of Divine Providence and warn a careless world; sometimes they re…