Revelation 9:15

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
four	τέσσαρες tessares	G5064	four · adjective — nominative plural masculine
angels	ἄγγελοι angeloi	G32	compare G34 (ἀγέλη)) (to bring tidings) · noun — nominative plural masculine
loosed	ἐλύθησαν eluthēsan	G3089	to "loosen" (literally or figuratively) · verb — aorist passive indicative, 3rd person plural
which	οἱ hoi	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative plural masculine
prepared	ἡτοιμασμένοι hētoimasmenoi	G2090	to prepare · verb — perfect passive participle, nominative plural masculine
for	εἰς eis	G1519	to or into (indicating the point reached or entered) · preposition
hour	ὥραν hōran	G5610	an "hour" (literally or figuratively) · noun — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
day	ἡμέραν hēmeran	G2250	day · noun — accusative singular feminine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
month	μῆνα mēna	G3376	a month · noun — accusative singular masculine
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
year	ἐνιαυτὸν eniauton	G1763	a year · noun — accusative singular masculine
to	ἵνα ina	G2443	compare G3588 (ὁ)) · conjunction
slay	ἀποκτείνωσιν apokteinōsin	G615	to kill outright · verb — aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person plural
part	τρίτον triton	G5154	third · adjective — accusative singular neuter
men	ἀνθρώπων. anthrōpōn	G444	from G3700 (ὀπτάνομαι)) · noun — genitive plural masculine

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Cross-references

Revelation 9:18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
Revelation 8:7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees…
Revelation 8:9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
Revelation 8:11-12 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they…
Revelation 9:10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
Revelation 9:5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:13–end

Here let us consider the preface to this vision, and then the vision itself. I. The preface to this vision: A voice was heard from the horns of the golden altar, Rev 9:13, Rev 9:14. Here observe, 1. The power of the church's enemies is restrained till God gives the word to have them turned loose. 2. When nations are ripe for punishment, those instruments of God's anger that were before restrained are let loose upon them, Rev 9:14. 3. The instruments that God makes use of to punish a people may sometimes lie at a great distance from them, so that no danger may be apprehended from them. These four messengers of divine judgment lay bound in the river Euphrates, a great way from the European nat…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 9:15

were--"which had been prepared" [TREGELLES rightly]. for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year--rather as Greek, "for (that is, against) THE hour, and day, and month, and year," namely, appointed by God. The Greek article (teen), put once only before all the periods, implies that the hour in the day, and the day in the month, and the month in the year, and the year itself, had been definitely fixed by God. The article would have been omitted had a sum-total of periods been specified, namely, three hundred ninety-one years and one month (the period from A.D. 1281, when the Turks first conquered the Christians, to 1672, their last conquest of them, since which last date their empire ha…

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Adam Clarke on Revelation 9:15

For an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year - We have in this place a year resolved into its component parts. Twenty-four hours constitute a day, seven days make a week, four weeks make a month, and twelve months make a year. Probably no more is meant than that these four angels were at all times prepared and permitted to inflict evil on the people against whom they had received their commission. There are some who understand these divisions of time as prophetical periods, and to these I must refer, not professing to discuss such uncertainties.

The Church Fathers

When this happened, they went out with an innumerable "cavalry" force. And he says this is the invincible power of the divine angels, accompanied by the greatest cavalry; and he says he saw those sitting on the "horses" wearing fiery, "hyacinth", and divine "breastplates".
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation

Who were prepared for the hour, and day, and month, etc. Malignant spirits, who at every moment of hours and times hunger for human death, will then be allowed to rage more freely to opportunely destroy the Church. What do you think they will do when released, who now harm so much while bound?
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

And the four angels were released. In the manner of prophecy, which designates to us things to come, he himself sees the events in the spirit. He called them four angels because that persecution will rage in the four parts of the world. These are the ones he previously saw standing at the four corners of the earth, and were prevented from harming the earth and sea for the sealing of God's servants.
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

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Dictionary and topics

Day · Prophetic — Prophetic
Hours · SYMBOLI — SYMBOLI

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Revelation 9:15

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 9:15

Adam Clarke on Revelation 9:15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Revelation 9:15

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 9:13–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 9:15

Adam Clarke on Revelation 9:15

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Revelation 9:15

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 9:15