Was removed (απεχωρισθη). First aorist pa ive indicative of αποχωριζω, to separate, to part (Acts 15:39). "The heaven …

The departing of the heavens: And the heaven departed as a scroll. That is, as a book or volume—biblion—rolled up. The heavens ar…

(Verses 12-14) And I beheld . . . —Better, And I saw when He opened the sixth seal, and (omit “lo!”) a great shaking took plac…

Think of the contrast between this awful cry and the sentence we read just now: Then did they spit in his face. Mountains and rocks, f…

And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled
together
The manner of writing …

When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative…