And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
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Gill's Exposition
And another angel came out from the altar,.... Where are the souls of the martyrs of Jesus, Rev 6:9 and whom this angel is thought by some to represent, in his address to him that had the sharp…
Barnes' Notes
And another angel - The sixth in order. He came, like the angel in Rev 14:15, with a command to him who had the sickle to go forth and execute his commission. Came out from the altar - This stood in…
Adam Clarke
Power over fire - Probably meaning the same angel which is mentioned, Rev 8:3; Rev 9:13, who stood by the altar of burnt-offering, having authority over its fire to offer that incense to God which…
Here we have the vision of the harvest and vintage, introduced with a solemn preface. Observe,
I. The preface, Rev 14:13. Here note, 1. Whence this prophecy about the harvest came: it came down from…
Cambridge Bible
the altar Rev 6:9.
which had power over fire Plainly the A. V. leads us to understand an elemental Angel, like "the Angel of the Waters" in Rev 16:5. This is not impossible: the word "fire" has the…
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