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A Vision of Gunpowder?
Several commentators suggest the description of 'fire, smoke, and brimstone' issuing from the horses' mouths is a remarkable prophecy of firearms. To John, who had never seen a cannon or musket, this would be the most natural way to describe the sight and sulfurous smell of gunpowder-based warfare, a technology historically used by armies like the Ottoman Turks.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 9:17
18th Century
Theologian
And thus I saw the horses in the vision. That is, he saw them as he proceeds to describe them, for the word thus—outwv—r…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 9:17
And thus I saw in the vision (κα ουτως ειδον εν τη ορασε). Nowhere else does John allude to his own vision, though often in Dan. (…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 9:17
19th Century
Bishop
And thus I saw . . .—Better, And in this way I saw the horses in the vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates fi…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 9:17
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). “…
John Gill
On Revelation 9:17
17th Century
Pastor
And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat
on them
In such numbers, a…
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…