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Revelation 10:1
1Then I saw another powerful angel. He was coming down from heaven. He had a cloud all round him, like his clothes. There was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his legs shone like fire.
Revelation 10:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
- New International Version (NIV)Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun, and his legs were like fiery pillars.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow over his head, and his face was like the sun, and his legs like pillars of fire.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I saw still another mighty angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud. And a rainbow was on his head, his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire.
Context of Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another powerful angel. He was coming down from heaven. He had a cloud all round him, like his clothes. There was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his legs shone like fire. 2He had a little book in his hand and it was open. He put his right foot on the sea and he put his left foot on the land. 3Then he shouted with a loud voice, like a lion that roars. When he shouted, seven loud voices answered him. They were like the noise of thunder.
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Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ περιβεβλημένον νεφέλην, καὶ ἡ ἶρις ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος, καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὡς στῦλοι πυρός,Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Andκαίkai · andG2532
- I sawὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
- anotherἄλλοςallos · anotherG243
- mightyἰσχυρόςischuros · strongG2478
- angelἄγγελοςaggelos · angelG32
- come downκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
- fromἐκek ex · out fromG1537
- heavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
- clothed withπεριβάλλωperiballō · to clotheG4016
- a cloudνεφέληnephelē · cloudG3507
- a rainbowἶριςiris · rainbowG2463
- uponἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
- his headκεφαλήkephalē · headG2776
- hisαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
- faceπρόσωπονprosōpon · faceG4383
- as it wereὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
- the sunἥλιοςhēlios · sunG2246
- feetπούςpous · footG4228
- pillarsστῦλοςstulos · pillarG4769
- of fireπῦρpur · fireG4442
Cross-references for Revelation 10:1
- Revelation 10:5Then I looked again at the angel who stood with one foot on the sea and his other foot on the land. He raised his right hand towards heaven.
- Revelation 5:2Then I saw a powerful angel. He said with a loud voice, ‘Who is so good that they can break the seals? Who can open the book?’
- Revelation 7:1After this, I saw four angels. They were standing at the four corners of the earth. They were stopping the four winds of the earth. As a result, no wind could blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any tree.
- Revelation 8:2Then I saw the seven angels who stand in front of God. Someone gave them seven trumpets.
- Revelation 9:13Then the sixth angel made a sound with his trumpet. I heard a voice that spoke to him from the four corners of the gold altar. This altar is near to God himself.
- Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and I saw a white cloud in front of me. I saw someone who was like a son of man. He was sitting on the cloud. He had a gold crown on his head and a sharp knife in his hand.
- Revelation 1:7Look! He will come on the clouds! At that time, everyone will see him! Even the people who pushed a spear into his body will see him. People from all the nations on earth will be sad when they see him. Yes, it is true! Amen!
- Exodus 16:10While Aaron spoke, the Israelites looked towards the desert. They saw the bright glory of the Lord which appeared in the cloud.
- Leviticus 16:2The Most Holy Place in the Tent of Meeting is behind the curtain. The Lord said to Moses, ‘Your brother Aaron cannot go behind the curtain at any time that he wants to. Tell him that. The Lord appears in a cloud over the lid of the Covenant Box. So Aaron will die if he does not obey the Lord.
- Psalms 97:2Dark clouds are all round the Lord. He rules with justice, and he is fair to everyone.
- Psalms 104:3You have built the beams of your home on the clouds of rain. The clouds carry you as you travel, and you ride on the wind.
- Isaiah 19:1This is a message about Egypt. Look! The Lord is coming to Egypt! He is riding quickly on a cloud and he will soon arrive! The idols of Egypt will shake with fear when he comes. All the people in Egypt will be very afraid.
- Lamentations 3:44You have hidden from us in a cloud. So you do not listen to us when we talk to you.
- Daniel 7:13I continued to watch in my vision at night and this is what I saw: I saw someone who seemed like a son of man. He was coming towards me, with the clouds of the sky around him. He came near to the God who has ruled for ever. People took him to stand in front of God.
- Luke 21:27Then they will see the Son of Man. He will come in a cloud. He will have great power and bright glory.
- Revelation 4:3The person who sat there shone with bright red and white light, like jewels called jasper and ruby. Around the throne there was a rainbow that shone with bright green light like an emerald jewel.
Commentaries on Revelation 10:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Another mighty angel - Either Christ or his representative; clothed with a cloud; a symbol of the Divine majesty. A rainbow was upon his head - The token of God's merciful covenant with mankind. His face was as it were the sun - So intensely glorious that it could not be looked on. His feet as pillars of fire - To denote the rapidity and energy of his motions, and the stability of his counsels.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1And I saw - I had a vision of. The meaning is, that he saw this subsequently to the vision in the previous chapter. The attention is now arrested by a new vision - as if some new dispensation or economy was about to occur in the world. Another mighty angel - He had before seen the seven angels who were to blow the seven trumpets Revelation 8:2, he had seen six of them successively blow the trumpet, he now sees another angel, different from them, and…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The Angel of the covenant presents a little open book, which is followed with seven thunders. (1-4) At the end of the following prophecies, time should be no more. (5-7) A voice directs the apostle to eat the book. (8-10) And tells him he must prophesy further. (11) Verses 1-7 The apostle saw another representation. The person communicating this discovery probably was our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, or it was to show his glory. He veils his glory…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1another mighty angel (see Revelation 5:2; 7:2; compare 1:12–16): This angel looks like the large bronze Colossus that stood as a symbol of human power in the harbor of Rhodes for several decades before an earthquake toppled it in the late 200s BC. The statue was still broken when John wrote Revelation. It was about 100 feet tall and represented the sun god, Helios. The angel was surrounded by a cloud, suggesting he was larger than the Rhodes statue and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-11As an episode was introduced between the sixth and seventh seals, so there is one here (Re 10:1-11:14) after the sixth and introductory to the seventh trumpet (Re 11:15, which forms the grand consummation). The Church and her fortunes are the subject of this episode: as the judgments on the unbelieving inhabiters of the earth (Re 8:13) were the exclusive subject of the fifth and sixth woe-trumpets. Re 6:11 is plainly referred to in Re 10:6 below; in Re…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Revelation 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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