And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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Gill's Exposition
And they cried with a loud voice,.... With great ardour and fervency, being very pressing and importunate; and which shows that they were awake, and not asleep, and that the soul does not sleep with…
And when he had opened the fifth seal - notes at Rev 5:1; Rev 6:1. I saw under the altar - The four living creatures are no longer heard as in the opening of the first four seals. No reason is given…
Adam Clarke
And they cried with a loud voice - That is, their blood, like that of Abel, cried for vengeance; for we are not to suppose that there was any thing like a vindictive spirit in those happy and holy…
In the remaining part of this chapter we have the opening of the fifth and the sixth seals.
I. The fifth seal. Here is no mention made of any one who called the apostle to make his observation,…
Cambridge Bible
How long Cf. Psa 94:3.
O Lord Not the ordinary word of reverence applied to God, but one meaning (as we say) "lord and master." It is used of God in Luk 2:29; Act 4:24; and of Christ in Judges 4…
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