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Revelation 14:8

Revelation 14:8
And there followed another angel, saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And there followed another angel,.... A "second", as the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, and the Syriac version add; and the Arabic version reads, "and the second angel followed"; another…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And there followed another angel - That is, in the vision. It is not necessary to suppose that this would, in the fulfillment, succeed the other in time. The chapter is made up of a number of…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Babylon is fallen, is fallen - This is generally understood to be a prediction concerning Rome; and it is certain that Rome, in the rabbinical writings, is termed Babylon.

That great city - Among the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 14:6-12

In this part of the chapter we have three angels or messengers sent from heaven to give notice of the fall of Babylon, and of those things that were antecedent and consequent to that great event.

I.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Angels of Warning, Rev 14:8-11

8. another angel The correct text is another angel a second.

Babylon … that great city Read Babylon the great as in Rev 17:5. See also Rev 18:10; Rev 18:18; Rev 18:21…