Revelation 6 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ In my vision, when the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals, I heard the first of the four animals say with a voice like thunder, "Come!" ² Then I saw a white horse, and its rider carried a bow. He was given a crown, and he rode forth as a victor to conquer. ³ When he broke the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "Come!" ⁴ And another horse came forth, bright red, and its rider was given power to take peace away from the earth, and make men slaughter one another; he was given a great sword. ⁵ When he broke the third seal, I heard the third animal say, "Come!" And there I saw a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand, ⁶ and I heard a voice which seemed to come from the midst of the four animals say, "Wheat at a dollar a quart, and barley three quarts for a dollar, but you must not injure the oil and wine!" ⁷ When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "Come!" ⁸ And there I saw a horse the color of ashes, and its rider's name was Death, and Hades followed him. They were given power over one quarter of the earth, to kill the people with sword, famine, death, and the wild animals of the earth. ⁹ When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony. ¹⁰ They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Master, how long is it to be before you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?" ¹¹ Then each of them was given a white robe and they were told to be quiet a little while longer, until the number of their fellow-slaves and their brothers, who were to be killed as they had been, should be complete. ¹² When he broke the sixth seal I saw that there was a great earthquake. The sun turned black as sackcloth; the full moon became like blood; ¹³ the stars of the sky fell upon the earth just as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when it is shaken by a strong wind; ¹⁴ the sky was torn apart and rolled up like a roll; and every mountain and island was dislodged from its place. ¹⁵ The kings of the earth, the nobles, the officers, the rich, the strong—everybody, slave and free—hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. ¹⁶ And they said to the mountains and the rocks, "Fall on us, and conceal us from the sight of him who is seated on the throne, and from the anger of the Lamb, ¹⁷ for the great day of their anger has come, and who can escape?"

²¹ One brother will give up another to death, and a father his child, and children will turn against their parents, and have them put to death.

³⁴ "Do not think that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I have not come to bring peace but a sword.

²³ And you, Capernaum! Are you to be exalted to the skies? You will go down among the dead! For if the wonders that have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have stood until today.

³⁴ This is why I am going to send you prophets, wise men and scribes, some of whom you will kill and crucify, and some you will flog in your synagogues and hunt from one town to another; ³⁵ it is that on your heads may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth from the blood of Abel the upright to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar!

⁷ For nation will rise in arms against nation, and kingdom against kingdom, and there will be famines and earthquakes here and there.

²⁹ "But immediately after the misery of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light, and the stars will fall from the sky, and the forces of the sky will shake.

⁶⁴ Jesus said to him, "It is true. But I tell you you will soon see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of the Almighty and coming upon the clouds of the sky!"

⁴⁵ Now from noon there was darkness over the whole country until three o'clock.

⁵⁴ And the captain and the men with him who were watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake and all that was happening, were dreadfully frightened and said, "He surely must have been a son of God!"

² And there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord came down from heaven and went and rolled the stone back and sat upon it.

¹⁸ And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

²⁴ But in those days, when that misery is over, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not shed its light ²⁵ and the stars will fall from the sky and the forces in the sky will shake.

³³ At noon darkness spread over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon.

⁷ Then will not God provide protection for his chosen people, who cry out to him day and night? ⁸ I tell you, he will make haste to provide it! But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

²² for those are the days of vengeance, when all that is written in the Scriptures will be fulfilled.

²⁵ There will be signs too in sun, moon, and stars, and on earth dismay among the heathen, bewildered at the roar of the sea and the waves.

³⁶ But you must be vigilant and always pray that you may succeed in escaping all this that is going to happen, and in standing in the presence of the Son of Man."

³⁰ Then people will begin to say to the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and to the hills, 'Cover us up!'

⁴⁴ It was now about noon, and darkness came over the whole country, and lasted until three in the afternoon, ⁴⁵ as the sun was in eclipse. And the curtain before the sanctuary was torn in two.

² They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God.

¹¹ Jesus answered him, "You would have no power at all over me, if it were not given to you from above. So you are less guilty than the man who betrayed me to you."

¹⁹ I will show wonders in the sky above, And signs on the earth below, Blood and fire and thick smoke. ²⁰ The sun will turn to darkness, And the moon to blood, Before the coming of the great, splendid Day of the Lord.

²⁰ for we cannot help telling of what we have seen and heard."

⁵ But in your obstinacy and impenitence you are storing up wrath for yourself on the Day of Wrath, when the justice of God will burst forth.

¹⁹ Do not take your revenge, dear friends, but leave room for God's anger, for the Scripture says, "Vengeance belongs to me; I will pay them back, says the Lord."

¹⁸ For I will venture to speak only of what Christ has accomplished through me in winning the heathen to obedience, by word and action, ¹⁹ by the force of signs and marvels, and by the power of the holy Spirit, with the result that I have completed the preaching of the good news of Christ all the way from Jerusalem around to Illyricum.

²⁵ for he must retain the kingdom until he puts all his enemies under his feet.

⁵⁵ Where, Death, is your victory? Where, Death, is your sting?"

⁵⁵ Where, Death, is your victory? Where, Death, is your sting?" ⁵⁶ Sin is the sting of death, and it is the Law that gives sin its power. ⁵⁷ But thank God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

⁸ yet I am confident, and I prefer to leave my home in the body and make my home with the Lord.

³ For though I do live an earthly life, I am not carrying on an earthly war, ⁴ for the weapons I use are not earthly ones, but divinely strong for destroying fortresses. ⁵ I destroy arguments and every obstacle that is raised against the knowledge of God, and I take captive every thought and make it obey Christ,

²³ I am undecided between the two, for I long to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better,

¹⁷ Even if my life is to be poured out as a libation as you offer your faith in a service of sacrifice to God, I am glad to have it so, and I congratulate you upon it,

⁶ since God considers it only just to repay with suffering those who are making you suffer ⁷ and to give rest to you who are suffering and to us, when our Lord Jesus appears from heaven, with his mighty angels

⁷ and to give rest to you who are suffering and to us, when our Lord Jesus appears from heaven, with his mighty angels ⁸ in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus.

⁸ in a blaze of fire, and takes vengeance on the godless who will not listen to the good news of our Lord Jesus. ⁹ They will be punished with eternal ruin and exclusion from the presence of the Lord and his glorious might,

⁸ So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

⁶ My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.

¹¹ They will perish, but you continue! And they will all wear out like a coat, ¹² And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!" ¹³ But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"?

³⁸ men of whom the world was not worthy wandering in deserts, mountains, caves, and holes in the ground.

⁴⁰ for God had resolved upon something still better for us, that they might not reach the fulfilment of their hopes except with us.

²⁴ to Jesus the negotiator of a new agreement, and to sprinkled blood that speaks more powerfully than even Abel's.

¹⁰ The Day of the Lord will come like a thief; on it the heavens will pass away with a roar, the heavenly bodies will burn up and be destroyed, and the earth and all its works will melt away.

⁶ and the angels who neglected their responsibilities and abandoned their homes he has put in everlasting chains to be kept in darkness for the judgment of the great Day,

² who testifies to what he saw—to the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

¹⁸ the living one. I was dead, yet here I am alive forever and ever. I hold the keys of death and the underworld.

¹³ I know where you live; where Satan has his throne! Yet you cling to my name and did not renounce your faith in me even in the days when my faithful Antipas, my witness, was put to death among you—where Satan lives.

⁴ Yet you have a few at Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me clad in white, for they deserve to. ⁵ He who is victorious will be clothed thus, in white clothing, and I will not erase his name from the book of life, but I will acknowledge him as mine in the presence of my Father and his angels.

⁷ "To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: " 'He who is holy and true, who carries the key of David, who opens and no one shall shut, and shuts and no one shall open, speaks thus:

¹⁰ Because you have kept in mind the message of what I endured, I also will keep you safe in the time of testing that is going to come upon the whole world, to test the inhabitants of the earth.

²¹ I will permit him who is victorious to take his seat beside me on my throne, just as I have been victorious and taken my seat beside my Father on his throne.

² Immediately after this I found myself in a trance, and there stood a throne in heaven with a being seated on it.

⁵ Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven blazing lamps were burning; they are the seven spirits of God.

⁵ Out from the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. In front of the throne seven blazing lamps were burning; they are the seven spirits of God. ⁶ In front of the throne was what looked like a sea of glass, like crystal. Around the throne, in the middle of each side, were four animals covered with eyes in front and behind.

⁶ In front of the throne was what looked like a sea of glass, like crystal. Around the throne, in the middle of each side, were four animals covered with eyes in front and behind. ⁷ The first animal was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying.

⁷ The first animal was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man's, and the fourth was like an eagle flying.

⁹ And whenever the animals offer glory, honor, and thanksgiving to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,

¹ Then I saw lying in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a roll with writing on both sides, sealed with seven seals.

⁵ But one of the elders said to me, "Do not cry! See! The lion who is of the tribe of Judah, of the line of David, has been victorious so that he can open the roll and break its seals."

⁵ But one of the elders said to me, "Do not cry! See! The lion who is of the tribe of Judah, of the line of David, has been victorious so that he can open the roll and break its seals." ⁶ Then I saw standing in the center of the throne and of the four animals and of the elders a Lamb which seemed to have been slaughtered. He had seven horns and seven eyes; these are the seven spirits of God, which are sent on errands to all parts of the earth. ⁷ He came and took the roll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

⁹ Then they sang a new song: "You deserve to take the roll and open its seals, for you have been slaughtered, and with your blood have bought for God men from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation,

¹ In my vision, when the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals, I heard the first of the four animals say with a voice like thunder, "Come!"

³ When he broke the second seal, I heard the second animal say, "Come!"

⁵ When he broke the third seal, I heard the third animal say, "Come!" And there I saw a black horse, and its rider had a pair of scales in his hand,

⁷ When he broke the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth animal say, "Come!"

¹⁰ They cried out in a loud voice, "Holy and true Master, how long is it to be before you judge the inhabitants of the earth and avenge our blood?"

³ "Do not harm the earth or the sea or the trees until we mark the slaves of our God on their foreheads."

⁹ After that I saw a great crowd which no one could count from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, wearing white robes, with palm branches in their hands,

¹⁴ I said to him, "You know, my lord." He said to me, "They are the people who come through the great persecution, who have washed their robes white in the blood of the Lamb.

³ Then another angel with a gold censer came and stood at the altar, and he was given a great quantity of incense so that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the saints on the altar of gold that stood before the throne.

⁵ Then the angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the altar, and emptied it upon the earth, and there followed peals of thunder, rumblings, flashes of lightning, and an earthquake.

⁷ The first blew his trumpet, and there was a storm of hail and fire mixed with blood, and it fell upon the earth, and one third of the earth was burned up, and one third of the trees were burned up, and all the green grass was burned up. ⁸ Then the second angel blew his trumpet, and what looked like a great mountain ablaze with fire was thrown into the sea, and one third of the sea turned into blood, ⁹ and one third of all the live creatures in the sea perished, and one third of the ships were destroyed. ¹⁰ Then the third angel blew his trumpet, and there fell from the sky a great star blazing like a torch, and it fell upon one third of the streams and the springs of water. ¹¹ The star is called Apsinthus, that is, Wormwood. Then one third of the waters turned to wormwood, and numbers of people died of the waters, for they had turned bitter. ¹² Then the fourth angel blew his trumpet, and one third of the sun was blasted, and one third of the moon and one third of the stars, so that one third of them were darkened, and there was no light for one third of the day and of the night.

¹ Then the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen on the earth from the sky. He was given the key to the pit of the abyss,

⁴ They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only the men who did not have the mark of God's seal upon their foreheads.

¹³ Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the corners of the altar of gold that was before God

¹⁵ Then the four angels who were held in readiness for that hour and day and month and year were let loose to kill one third of mankind.

¹⁸ One third of mankind were killed by these three plagues—the fire, smoke, and sulphur that poured from their mouths.

³ and he uttered a great shout like the roar of a lion; and when he shouted, the seven thunders raised their voices. ⁴ When the seven thunders had spoken I was going to write it down, but I heard a voice from heaven say, "Seal up what the seven thunders have said! Do not write it down!"

⁶ and swore by him who lives forever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, that there should be no more delay,

³ And I will permit my two witnesses, clothed in sackcloth, to prophesy for 1,260 days." ⁴ They are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ If anyone tries to hurt them fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone tries to hurt them, he will certainly be killed in that way. ⁶ They have the power to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall during the days when they are prophesying, and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite the earth with any plague whenever they please. ⁷ When they finish their testimony, the animal that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

¹³ At that moment there was a great earthquake, and one tenth of the city was destroyed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were filled with awe, and acknowledged the glory of the God of heaven.

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and loud voices were heard in heaven, saying, "The sovereignty of the world has passed into the possession of our Lord and his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever."

¹⁸ The heathen were enraged, but now your anger has come, and the time for the dead to be judged, and for rewarding your slaves the prophets and your people high and low who revere your name, and for destroying the destroyers of the earth!" ¹⁹ Then the temple of God in heaven was thrown open, and the chest containing his agreement was seen inside the temple, and there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great storm of hail.

³ Another portent appeared in the sky—there was a great fire-red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on his heads. ⁴ His tail swept away one third of the stars of heaven and flung them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child in order to devour her child as soon as it was born.

¹¹ They have conquered him because of the Lamb's blood, and the message to which they bore testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death. ¹² Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who live in them! But alas for the earth and the sea, for the devil has descended upon you in a great rage, for he knows that he has only a short time left." ¹³ When the dragon saw that he had been hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴ But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the desert, where she is to be taken care of for a time, times, and a half-time, on account of the serpent. ¹⁵ Then the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman like a river, to sweep her away. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman, for the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured out of his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was enraged at the woman, and he went off to make war on the rest of her children—those who obey God's commands and adhere to the testimony of Jesus.

¹⁰ Whoever is destined for captivity will go into captivity; whoever kills with the sword must be killed with the sword. On this fact rests the endurance and fidelity of God's people.

¹⁵ It is also allowed to impart life to the animal's statue so that the animal's statue can speak, and to have all who do not worship the animal's statue killed.

² And I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of great waters, and loud peals of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven say, "Write: Blessed are the dead who from this time forth die as Christians!" "Yes!" answers the Spirit, "Let them rest from their toil, for what they have done will go with them!" ¹⁴ Then I saw a white cloud, and seated on it a being like a man, with a gold crown on his head and a sharp sickle in his hand.

¹⁸ And another angel came forth from the altar, who presided over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, for the grapes on it are ripe."

² And I saw what looked like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and standing upon the sea of glass those who had come off victorious from the animal and its statue and the number corresponding to its name. They had harps that God had given them, ³ and they were singing the song of Moses, the slave of God, and the song of the Lamb: "Great and marvelous are your doings, Lord God Almighty! Upright and true are your ways, King of the Ages! ⁴ Who will not fear and give glory to your name, Lord? For you alone are holy. All the heathen will come and worship before you, for the justice of your sentences has now been shown."

⁵ Then I heard the angel of the waters say, "You are just in pronouncing this sentence, you who are and were, the Holy One; ⁶ for they shed the blood of your people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink, as they deserve." ⁷ And I heard the altar answer, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just."

⁷ And I heard the altar answer, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just."

¹⁴ They are demon spirits that perform wonders, and they go out to the kings all over the world to muster them for battle on the great Day of God Almighty.

¹⁸ Then there were flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder, and there was a great earthquake; there has never been such an earthquake since man first existed upon the earth, it was so great.

²⁰ Every island vanished, the mountains disappeared,

³ So he carried me away in a trance to a desert, and I saw a woman seated on a scarlet animal all covered with blasphemous titles; it had seven heads and ten horns.

⁶ I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people, and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her I was perfectly amazed,

¹⁴ They will make war upon the Lamb, and the Lamb with his elect, chosen, and faithful followers with him will conquer them, for he is Lord of lords and King of kings.

⁹ The kings of the earth who have joined in her idolatry and luxury will weep and lament over her when they see the smoke from her burning. ¹⁰ They will stand a long way off for fear of her torture and say, 'Alas! Alas for the great city, for Babylon the mighty city, for in a single hour your judgment has overtaken you!' ¹¹ The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, for no one will buy their cargoes any more—

²⁰ Gloat over her, heaven! and all you people of God, apostles, and prophets, for God has avenged you upon her!"

²⁴ and in you was found the blood of prophets, God's people, and all who have been slaughtered on the earth."

² for his judgments are sound and upright. For he has passed judgment upon the great idolatress who corrupted the earth with her idolatry, and he has avenged the blood of his slaves upon her!"

⁶ Then I heard what sounded like the shout of a great multitude and the noise of many waters and the sound of mighty thunders, saying, "Praise the Lord; for the Lord our God, the Almighty now reigns!

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy." ¹¹ Then I saw heaven thrown open and there appeared a white horse. His rider was called Faithful and True, and he judges and wages war in uprightness. ¹² His eyes blazed like fire. There were many diadems on his head, and there was a name written on him which no one knew but himself. ¹³ The garment he wore was spattered with blood, and his name was the Word of God. ¹⁴ The armies of heaven followed him mounted on white horses and clothed in pure white linen.

¹⁴ The armies of heaven followed him mounted on white horses and clothed in pure white linen. ¹⁵ From his mouth came a sharp sword with which he is to strike down the heathen. He will shepherd them with a staff of iron, and will tread the winepress of the fierce anger of God Almighty.

¹⁵ From his mouth came a sharp sword with which he is to strike down the heathen. He will shepherd them with a staff of iron, and will tread the winepress of the fierce anger of God Almighty. ¹⁶ On his clothing and his thigh he has this title written: King of kings and Lord of lords. ¹⁷ Then I saw an angel standing on the sun, and shouting in a loud voice to all the birds that fly in midair, "Come! Gather for God's great banquet, ¹⁸ and eat the bodies of kings, commanders, and mighty men, of horses and their riders—the bodies of all men, slaves and freemen, high and low." ¹⁹ Then I saw the animal and the kings of the earth and their armies gather to make war on him who was mounted upon the horse and upon his army. ²⁰ And the animal was captured and with it the false prophet who performed wonders on its behalf by means of which he led astray those who had let the animal's mark be put on them and who worshiped its statue. Both of them were flung alive into the fiery lake of burning brimstone. ²¹ The rest were killed with the sword that came out of the mouth of him who sat on the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves upon their bodies.

⁴ Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.

¹¹ Then I saw a great white throne with a being seated on it from whose presence earth and sky fled so far that they could not be found.

¹³ The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and the underworld gave up the dead that were in them, and they were all judged by what they had done. ¹⁴ Then death and Hades were flung into the fiery lake. This is the second death—the fiery lake.

¹ Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.