Revelation 10:1

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 descending from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head; his face was like the sun and his legs were like pillars of fire. 2He held in his hand a little scroll that was open, and he put his right foot on the sea and his left on the land. 3Then he shouted in a loud voice like a lion roaring, and when he shouted, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

Revelation 10:1 word by word

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 the angel I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven
• Revelation 5:2And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?”
• Revelation 7:1After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.
• Revelation 8:2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
• Revelation 9:13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God,
• Revelation 14:14Then I looked, and a white cloud appeared, and seated on the cloud was one like a son of man! He had a golden crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.
• Revelation 1:7(Look! He is returning with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him. This will certainly come to pass! Amen.)
• Exodus 16:10As Aaron spoke to the whole community of the Israelites and they looked toward the desert, there the glory of the Lord appeared in the cloud,
• Leviticus 16:2and the Lord said to Moses: “Tell Aaron your brother that he must not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil-canopy in front of the atonement plate that is on the ark so that he may not die, for I will appear in the cloud over the atonement plate.
• Psalms 97:2Dark clouds surround him; equity and justice are the foundation of his throne.
• Psalms 104:3and lays the beams of the upper rooms of his palace on the rain clouds. He makes the clouds his chariot, and travels along on the wings of the wind.
• Isaiah 19:1Here is a message about Egypt: Look, the Lord rides on a swift-moving cloud and approaches Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him; the Egyptians lose their courage.
• Lamentations 3:44You shrouded yourself with a cloud so that no prayer can get through.
• Daniel 7:13I was watching in the night visions, “And with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man was approaching. He went up to the Ancient of Days and was escorted before him.
• Luke 21:27Then they will see the Son of Man arriving in a cloud with power and great glory.
• Revelation 4:3And the one seated on it was like jasper and carnelian in appearance, and a rainbow looking like it was made of emerald encircled the throne.

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

Topics related to Revelation 10:1

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Astronomy
• Bow
• Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena
• Rainbow
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Rainbow
• Cloud
• Gileadites
• Pillar
• Revelation of John
• Angels
• Sun

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