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Who Are the Four Angels?
Commentators agree these are not heavenly beings but forces of judgment. Some scholars, like John Gill, identify them historically as the four Turkish sultanates that were 'bound' behind the Euphrates before invading the Eastern Roman Empire. Others see them as symbolic of powerful demonic hordes unleashed upon the world. In either case, they are instruments of God's wrath.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 9:14
18th Century
Theologian
Saying to the sixth angel, who had the trumpet. (See Barnes on Revelation 8:2).
Loose, etc. This power, it would seem, was…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 9:14
One saying to the sixth angel (λεγοντα τω εκτω). Accusative masculine singular active participle of λεγω, personifying φωνην and a…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 9:14
The sixth trum pet: The second woe. Here we find a description of disasters that reach to the death of a third of humankind (vv.15, 18; cf. 8:7). “…
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John Gill
On Revelation 9:14
17th Century
Pastor
Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet
The sixth trumpet, which was given him, and he had prepared himself …
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 9:13–21
17th Century
Minister
The sixth angel sounded, and here the power of the Turks seems to be the subject. Their time is limited. They not only killed in war but also broug…