Revelation 6:13-15
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 The stars in the sky fell to the earth like unripe figs[a] shaken loose from the tree in a strong wind. 14 Then the sky was divided[b] like a torn scroll curling up, and every mountain and island was moved from its place.(A) 15 The kings of the earth, the nobles,[c] the military officers, the rich, the powerful, and every slave and free person hid themselves in caves and among mountain crags.
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- 6:13 Unripe figs: literally, “summer (or winter) fruit.”
- 6:14 Was divided: literally, “was split,” like a broken papyrus roll torn in two, each half then curling up to form a roll on either side.
- 6:15 Nobles: literally, “courtiers,” “grandees.” Military officers: literally, “commanders of 1,000 men,” used in Josephus and other Greek authors as the equivalent of the Roman tribunus militum. The listing of various ranks of society represents the universality of terror at the impending doom.
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