11 So a white robe was given to each of them, and they were told to rest a little while longer until the number would be completed of their fellow slaves and their brothers, who were going to be killed just as they had been.

The Sixth Seal

12 Then I saw Him open[a] the sixth seal. A violent earthquake occurred; the sun turned black like sackcloth(A) made of goat hair; the entire moon[b] became like blood; 13 the stars[c] of heaven fell to the earth as a fig tree drops its unripe figs when shaken by a high wind;

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:12 Lit I saw when He opened
  2. Revelation 6:12 Or the full moon
  3. Revelation 6:13 Perhaps meteors

11 Then each of them was given a white robe,(A) and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[a] were killed just as they had been.(B)

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(C) The sun turned black(D) like sackcloth(E) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(F) as figs drop from a fig tree(G) when shaken by a strong wind.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.