Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Revelation 6

Rev 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

one of the seals

Rev 6:3, 5.

beasts [See also Rev 6:3, 5-7.]

living creatures. See Scofield Ezekiel 1:5, note.

Come and see

Come! Omit "and see." So Rev 1:3, 5, 7.

Rev 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.

a white horse

Zec 6:3, cf. Christ in Rev 19:11 whom the Beast imitates.

a bow

Isa 66:19.

he went forth conquering

Dan 7:7-8.

Rev 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

Come and see [See also Rev 6:1, 5, 7.]

Come.

Rev 6:4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

red

Zec 6:2; cf. Nah 2:3; cf. 2Ki 3:22-23.

to take peace from the earth

Jdg 7:22; cf. 2Ch 20:23.

Rev 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.

a black horse

Zec 6:2; cf. Isa 60:3.

a pair of balances

Eze 4:9-10, 16-17.

Rev 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.

A measure

One measure = nearly 1 qt.

a penny

Or, shilling; literally, a denarius.

Rev 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.

Death

Cf. Act 3:15; cf. Rom 6:23.

Hell

Hades. Scofield Luke 16:23, note.

them

him.

fourth part of the earth

Cf. Eze 14:21.

Rev 6:9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:

slain

Death (physical). Heb 9:27. (Gen 3:19; Heb 9:27.)

Rev 6:10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

How long

Psa 13:1.

Rev 6:11 And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

every one of them

Remnant. Rev 6:9-11; 7:4-8. (Isa 1:9; Rom 11:5).

fulfilled

i.e. their number filled up.

Rev 6:12 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood;

earthquake

Mat 24:7.

the sun became black

Cf. Joe 2:10, 31.

Rev 6:14 And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.

heaven departed

Isa 34:4.

every mountain and island were moved

Jer 3:23; Rev 16:20.

Rev 6:15 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;

kings of the earth

Psa 2:2; cf. Dan 2:21.

hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks

Isa 2:19.

Rev 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:

sitteth on the throne

Rev 20:11.

wrath of the Lamb

Rev 5:6, 9, 12.

Rev 6:17 For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

the great day of his wrath

Cf. Isa 13:6; Mat 24:8.

Day (of Jehovah). Rev 6:15-17; 16:12-17. (Isa 2:10-22; Rev 19:11-21).