And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
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Gill's Exposition
And the fourth angel sounded,.... His trumpet. Some think this refers to the Eutychian heresy, which confounded the two natures of Christ, and of two made one mixed nature, neither human nor divine;…
Barnes' Notes
And the fourth angel sounded - See the notes at Rev 8:6-7. And the third part of the sea was smitten - On the phrase the third part, see the notes on Rev 8:7. The darkening of the heavenly luminaries…
Adam Clarke
The third part of the sun - moon - stars, was smitten - Supposed to mean Rome, with her senates, consuls, etc., eclipsed by Odoacer, king of the Heruli, and Theodoric, king of the Ostrogoths, in the…
Observe, I. The first angel sounded the first trumpet, and the events which followed were very dismal: There followed hail and fire mingled with blood, etc., Rev 8:7. There was a terrible storm; but…
Cambridge Bible
The Fourth Trumpet, Rev 8:12-13
12. the third part of the sun, &c. Here we may think either of the Egyptian plague of darkness, Exo 10:21 sqq., or of a reversal(as in the last case) of the blessing of…
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