Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
As Revelation 6:4, Revelation 6:6-8, the sword, famine, and pestilence, answer to Matthew 24:6-7; Revelation 6:9-10, as to martyrdoms, answer to Matthew 24:9-10; so this passage, Revelation 6:12, Revelation 6:17, answers to Matthew 24:29-30, "the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven; . . . then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming"; imagery describing the portents of the immediate coming of the day of the Lord; but not the coming itself until the elect are sealed, and the judgments invoked by the martyrs descend on the earth, the sea, and the trees (Revelation 7:1-3).
and, lo—So A reads. But B and C omit "lo."
earthquake—Greek, "shaking" of the heavens, the sea, and the dry land; the shaking of these mutable things being the necessary preliminary to the setting up of those things which cannot be shaken. This is one of the catchwords [WORDSWORTH] connecting the sixth seal with the sixth trumpet (Revelation 11:13) and the seventh vial (Revelation 16:17-21); also the seventh seal (Revelation 8:5).
sackcloth—One kind, made of the "hair" of Cilician goats, was called "cilicium," or Cilician cloth, and was used for tents, etc. Paul, a Cilician, made such tents (Acts 18:3).
moon—A, B, C, and oldest versions read, "the whole moon"; the full moon; not merely the crescent moon.
as blood— (Joel 2:31).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 6:12:
Isaiah 13:10
Isaiah 50:3
Revelation 6:6
Revelation 6:12
Revelation 7:3
Revelation 8:12
Revelation 11:3
Revelation 11:13
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