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11 And long white garments were given to every one of them. And it was said to them that they should rest for a little season, until the number of their fellows and brethren, and of those who would be killed as they were, was fulfilled.

12 And I looked when he opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun was as black as sackcloth made of hair. And the moon became even as blood; 13 and the stars of heaven fell to the earth, even as a fig tree casts from her her figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind.

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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.