1 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ τὸ ἀρνίον ⸀ἑστὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος Σιών, καὶ μετʼ ⸀αὐτοῦ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες ἔχουσαι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένον ἐπὶ τῶν μετώπων αὐτῶν. 2 καὶ ἤκουσα φωνὴν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ὡς φωνὴν ὑδάτων πολλῶν καὶ ὡς φωνὴν βροντῆς μεγάλης, καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς κιθαρῳδῶν κιθαριζόντων ἐν ταῖς κιθάραις αὐτῶν. 3 καὶ ᾄδουσιν ⸀ὡς ᾠδὴν καινὴν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων· καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο μαθεῖν τὴν ᾠδὴν εἰ μὴ αἱ ἑκατὸν τεσσεράκοντα τέσσαρες χιλιάδες, οἱ ἠγορασμένοι ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς. 4 οὗτοί εἰσιν οἳ μετὰ γυναικῶν οὐκ ἐμολύνθησαν, παρθένοι γάρ εἰσιν· ⸀οὗτοι οἱ ἀκολουθοῦντες τῷ ἀρνίῳ ὅπου ἂν ⸀ὑπάγῃ ⸁οὗτοι ἠγοράσθησαν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἀπαρχὴ τῷ θεῷ καὶ τῷ ἀρνίῳ, 5 καὶ ⸂ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτῶν οὐχ εὑρέθη ψεῦδος· ⸀ἄμωμοί εἰσιν. 6 Καὶ εἶδον ⸀ἄλλον ἄγγελον πετόμενον ἐν μεσουρανήματι, ἔχοντα εὐαγγέλιον αἰώνιον εὐαγγελίσαι ⸀ἐπὶ τοὺς καθημένους ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶν ἔθνος καὶ φυλὴν καὶ γλῶσσαν καὶ λαόν, 7 λέγων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· Φοβήθητε τὸν ⸀θεὸν καὶ δότε αὐτῷ δόξαν, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα τῆς κρίσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ προσκυνήσατε ⸂τῷ ποιήσαντι τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν ⸀καὶ θάλασσαν καὶ πηγὰς ὑδάτων. 8 Καὶ ἄλλος ⸂δεύτερος ἄγγελος ἠκολούθησεν λέγων· Ἔπεσεν, ⸀ἔπεσεν Βαβυλὼν ἡ μεγάλη, ⸀ἣ ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς πεπότικεν πάντα τὰ ἔθνη. 9 Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος τρίτος ἠκολούθησεν αὐτοῖς λέγων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· Εἴ τις προσκυνεῖ τὸ θηρίον καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ λαμβάνει χάραγμα ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου αὐτοῦ ἢ ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ, 10 καὶ αὐτὸς πίεται ἐκ τοῦ οἴνου τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ κεκερασμένου ἀκράτου ἐν τῷ ποτηρίῳ τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ, καὶ βασανισθήσεται ἐν πυρὶ καὶ θείῳ ἐνώπιον ⸂ἀγγέλων ἁγίων καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου. 11 καὶ ὁ καπνὸς τοῦ βασανισμοῦ αὐτῶν εἰς αἰῶνας αἰώνων ἀναβαίνει, καὶ οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνάπαυσιν ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός, οἱ προσκυνοῦντες τὸ θηρίον καὶ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ εἴ τις λαμβάνει τὸ χάραγμα τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ. 12 Ὧδε ἡ ὑπομονὴ τῶν ἁγίων ἐστίν, οἱ τηροῦντες τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν πίστιν Ἰησοῦ. 13 Καὶ ἤκουσα φωνῆς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λεγούσης· Γράψον· Μακάριοι οἱ νεκροὶ οἱ ἐν κυρίῳ ἀποθνῄσκοντες ἀπʼ ἄρτι. ⸂ναί, λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα, ἵνα ⸀ἀναπαήσονται ἐκ τῶν κόπων αὐτῶν, τὰ ⸀γὰρ ἔργα αὐτῶν ἀκολουθεῖ μετʼ αὐτῶν. 14 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ νεφέλη λευκή, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν νεφέλην καθήμενον ὅμοιον ⸀υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου, ἔχων ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ στέφανον χρυσοῦν καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ δρέπανον ὀξύ. 15 καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ κράζων ἐν φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῆς νεφέλης· Πέμψον τὸ δρέπανόν σου καὶ θέρισον, ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ὥρα θερίσαι, ὅτι ἐξηράνθη ὁ θερισμὸς τῆς γῆς. 16 καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ ⸂τῆς νεφέλης τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐθερίσθη ἡ γῆ. 17 Καὶ ἄλλος ἄγγελος ἐξῆλθεν ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ τοῦ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ἔχων καὶ αὐτὸς δρέπανον ὀξύ. 18 καὶ ἄλλος ⸀ἄγγελος ἐκ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, ⸀ὁ ἔχων ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρός, καὶ ἐφώνησεν ⸀φωνῇ μεγάλῃ τῷ ἔχοντι τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξὺ λέγων· Πέμψον σου τὸ δρέπανον τὸ ὀξὺ καὶ τρύγησον τοὺς βότρυας τῆς ἀμπέλου τῆς γῆς, ὅτι ἤκμασαν αἱ σταφυλαὶ αὐτῆς. 19 καὶ ἔβαλεν ὁ ἄγγελος τὸ δρέπανον αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν γῆν, καὶ ἐτρύγησεν τὴν ἄμπελον τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἔβαλεν εἰς τὴν ληνὸν τοῦ θυμοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν μέγαν. 20 καὶ ἐπατήθη ἡ ληνὸς ἔξωθεν τῆς πόλεως, καὶ ἐξῆλθεν αἷμα ἐκ τῆς ληνοῦ ἄχρι τῶν χαλινῶν τῶν ἵππων ἀπὸ σταδίων χιλίων ἑξακοσίων.
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Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Joel 2:32; Revelation 3:12; Revelation 7:3–17; Luke 12:8; Hebrews 12:22–24
- 2 Revelation 5:8; Ezekiel 43:2; Revelation 1:15; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 15:2
- 3 Revelation 5:9; Revelation 15:3; Revelation 14:1; Isaiah 42:10; Psalm 98:1
- 4 2 Corinthians 11:2; Revelation 3:4; James 1:18; John 12:26; John 10:27
- 5 Ephesians 5:27; Psalm 32:2; Zephaniah 3:13; John 1:47; 1 Peter 3:10
- 6 Mark 16:15; Revelation 8:13; Ephesians 3:9–11; Psalm 139:24; Isaiah 51:8
- 7 Exodus 20:11; Revelation 15:4; Nehemiah 9:6; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 11:18
- 8 Isaiah 21:9; Jeremiah 51:7–8; Revelation 18:2–3; Revelation 16:19; Revelation 11:8
- 9 Revelation 14:11; Revelation 14:6–8; Jeremiah 44:4; Revelation 13:3–6; Revelation 13:11–17
- 10 Isaiah 51:17; Revelation 16:19; Psalm 75:8; Psalm 11:6; Jeremiah 25:15–17
- 11 Isaiah 34:10; Revelation 19:3; Matthew 25:46; Matthew 25:41; Revelation 20:10
- 12 Revelation 13:10; Revelation 12:17; Revelation 3:10; Revelation 3:8; 2 Timothy 4:7
- 13 Revelation 20:6; 1 Thessalonians 5:10; 2 Timothy 4:7–8; Hebrews 4:9–11; 1 Corinthians 15:58
- 14 Daniel 7:13; Isaiah 19:1; Revelation 1:13; Psalm 21:3; Matthew 17:5
- 15 Joel 3:13; Mark 4:29; Matthew 13:39; Jeremiah 51:33; Revelation 14:18
- 16 Matthew 16:27; Revelation 14:19; Revelation 14:14; Revelation 16:1–21; John 5:22–23
- 17 Revelation 16:1; Revelation 14:14–15; Revelation 15:5–6; Revelation 14:18
- 18 Joel 3:13; Revelation 16:8; Revelation 6:9–10; Revelation 14:15–16
- 19 Deuteronomy 32:32–33; Revelation 19:15–21
- 20 Lamentations 1:15; Hebrews 13:11–12; Revelation 19:14–21; Isaiah 63:1–3; Revelation 11:8
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
And therefore in another part of this same book we read, "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth and now, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works do follow them." The Church, then, begins its reign with Christ now in the living and in the dead.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)