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I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice, "Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound.
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A Messenger for All to See
While older translations say "angel," commentators note that the best Greek manuscripts read "eagle." This eagle flies "in mid-heaven," meaning at the highest point of the sky, visible to everyone. Scholars suggest the eagle symbolizes swift, powerful judgment (Deuteronomy 28:49) and God's sovereign watchfulness, making this a public and ominous warning.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I beheld. My attention was attracted by a new vision.
And heard an angel flying, etc. I heard the voice of an angel ma…
An eagle (ενος αετου). "One eagle," perhaps ενος (εις) used as an indefinite article (9:13; 18:21; 19:17). See 4:7 also for the fl…
19th Century
Anglican
INTRODUCTION TO THE LAST THREE, OR WOE, TRUMPETS. AN EAGLE UTTERS THE THREEFOLD WOE.
And I beheld . . .—Be…
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Before the last three trumpets sound, John hears a flying eagle call out “woe” (GK 4026) three times. His cry announces the especially grievous nat…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And I beheld, and heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven The Alexandrian c…
The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood—a storm of heresies, a mixture of dreadful errors fa…
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