Skip to content

Revelation 9:12

Revelation 9:12
One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter .

My Notes

Commentary

Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

One woe is past,.... One of the three woe trumpets, the first of them; that is, in the vision which John had of it, not the thing itself designed by it:

and behold there come two woes more…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

One woe is past - The woe referred to in Rev 9:1-11. In Rev 8:13 three woes are mentioned which were to occur successively, and which were to embrace the whole of the period comprised in the seven…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

One wo is past - That is, the wo or desolation by the symbolical scorpions.

There came two woes more - In the trumpets of the sixth and seventh angels.

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Revelation 9:1-12

Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth. Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

One woe Of the three denounced by the eagle, Rev 8:13. A decided majority of orthodox commentators understand this vision as foretelling the Mahometan conquests some taking the fallen star of Rev 9:9…

Cross References

Related passages throughout Scripture