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A Command from God Himself
Commentators unanimously identify the "great voice" as coming directly from God in the heavenly temple. This is not a delegated command from an angel but a direct, divine decree from the throne. This emphasizes that the final judgments are initiated by God's ultimate authority and are an expression of His sovereign will.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 16:1
18th Century
Theologian
CHAPTER XVI
ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER
The previous chapter described the preparation for the last plagues that were to come upon that m…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 16:1
A great voice (μεγαλης φωνης). Not an angel as in 5:2; 7:2; 10:3; 14:7,9,15,18, but of God as 15:8 shows, since no one could enter…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 16:1
19th Century
Bishop
And I heard . . .—A great voice is heard out of the temple; it bids the angels pour out their vials into the earth
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 16:1
This chapter describes the “third woe” (see comment on 15:1–19:10) in the form of the outpouring of seven bowl judgments. They occur in rapid succe…
John Gill
On Revelation 16:1
17th Century
Pastor
And I heard a great voice out of the temple
The church, which in the preceding chapter is said to be opened; this was either t…
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 16:1–7
17th Century
Minister
We are to pray that the will of God may be done on earth as it is done in heaven.
Here is a succession of terrible judgments of Providence, …