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First Seal: The Conqueror

1 Now aI saw when the Lamb opened one of the1 seals; and I heard bone of the four living creatures saying with a voice like thunder, “Come and see.”  
2 And I looked, and behold, aa white horse. bHe who sat on it had a bow; cand a crown was given to him, and he went out dconquering and to conquer.  

Second Seal: Conflict on Earth

3 When He opened the second seal, aI heard the second living creature saying, “Come1 and see.”  
4 aAnother horse, fiery red, went out. And it was granted to the one who sat on it to btake peace from the earth, and that people should kill one another; and there was given to him a great sword.  

Third Seal: Scarcity on Earth

5 When He opened the third seal, aI heard the third living creature say, “Come and see.” So I looked, and behold, ba black horse, and he who sat on it had a pair of cscales in his hand.  
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, “A1 quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; and ado not harm the oil and the wine.”  

Fourth Seal: Widespread Death on Earth

7 When He opened the fourth seal, aI heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, “Come and see.”  
8 aSo I looked, and behold, a pale horse. And the name of him who sat on it was Death, and Hades followed with him. And power was given to them over a fourth of the earth, bto kill with sword, with hunger, with death, cand by the beasts of the earth.  

Fifth Seal: The Cry of the Martyrs

9 When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under athe altar bthe souls of those who had been slain cfor the word of God and for dthe testimony which they held.  
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, a“How long, O Lord, bholy and true, cuntil You judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”  
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Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
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Revelation 6:2

And I saw and behold (kai eidon kai idou). This combination is frequent in the Apocalypse (Revelation 4:1; Revelation 6:2, Revelation 6:5, Revelation 6:8; Revelation 14:1, Revelation 14:14; Revelation 19:11).

A white horse (ippov leukov). In Zechariah 6:1-8 we have red, black, white, and grizzled bay horses like the four winds of heaven, ministers to do God's will. White seems to be the colour of victory (cf. the white horse of the Persian Kings) like the white horse ridden by the Roman conqueror in a triumphant procession.

Had (exwn). Agreeing in gender and case with o kaqhmenov.

A bow (tocon). Old word (Zechariah 9:13 f. of a great bow), here only in N.T.

Was given (edoqh). First aorist passive indicative of didwmi.

A crown (stefanov). See on Revelation 4:4 for this word.

He came forth (echlqen). Second aorist active indicative of ecerxomai, either to come out or to go out (went forth).

Conquering (nikwn). Present active participle of nikaw.

And to conquer (kai ina nikhsh). Purpose clause with ina and the first aorist active subjunctive of nikaw. Here wv nikhswn (future active participle with wv) could have been used. The aorist tense here points to ultimate victory. Commentators have been busy identifying the rider of the white horse according to their various theories. "It is tempting to identify him with the Rider on the white horse in Revelation 19:11 f., whose name is 'the Word of God'" (Swete). Tempting, "but the two riders have nothing in common beyond the white horse."




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 6:2:

Hebrews 9:10
Revelation 4:2
Revelation 6:2
Revelation 6:4
Revelation 6:5
Revelation 7:2
Revelation 9:7
Revelation 12:3
Revelation 19:11

 

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