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Revelation 6 — Sermon Preparation
As the Lamb opens the first six seals, four horsemen, the cry of martyrs, and cosmic signs of judgment unfold across the earth. Below is a research summary for Revelation 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Revelation 6 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| σφραγίς | sphragís | G4973 | 6 | seal |
| ζῷον | zōon | G2226 | 5 | beast |
| ἀνοίγω | anoígō | G455 | 5 | open |
| γῆ | gē | G1093 | 6 | country, earth, ground, land |
| ἵππος | híppos | G2462 | 4 | horse |
| κάθημαι | káthēmai | G2521 | 5 | dwell, sit |
| μέγας | mégas | G3173 | 5 | exceedingly, great, high, large |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Revelation 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative descriptions of great changes abound in the prophecies of Scripture; for these events are emblems, and declare the end of the world and the day of judgment. Dread and terror would seize on all sorts of men. Neither grandeur, riches, valour, nor strength, can support men at that time. They would be glad to be no more seen; yea, to have no longer any being. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Revelation 6:12–25 (Public Domain)
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