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When he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in heaven for about half an hour.
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A Silence of Awe and Dread
Most commentators agree the half-hour of silence is symbolic, not literal. It represents a moment of profound, reverent stillness in heaven. This dramatic pause builds suspense, signifying the awesome and fearful nature of the judgments about to be unleashed by the seven trumpets. As one scholar puts it, it's the awesome silence before the great storm of God’s wrath.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
CHAPTER VIII
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One seal of the mysterious roll (Revelation 5:1) remains to be broken—six having alr…
And when he opened (κα οταν ηνοιξεν). Here modal αν is used with οτε (used about the opening of the preceding six seals), but οταν…
19th Century
Anglican
And when he had opened the seventh seal... — Translate: And when he opened the seventh seal there took place a silence in heav…
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After the long interlude of ch. 7, the sequence of the opening of the seals is resumed by the opening of the final or seventh seal. This action pro…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he had opened the seventh seal That is, when the Lamb has opened the seventh and last seal of the scaled bo…
The seventh seal is opened. There was profound silence in heaven for a time; all was quiet in the church, for whenever the church on earth cries ou…
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