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Revelation 16

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Book of Revelation

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New Testament

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Apocalypse

Revelation 16

Revelation 16 is the sixteenth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle. It mainly describes the seven bowls of God's wrath, poured out on the wicked and the followers of the Antichrist after the sounding of the seven trumpets.

Contents

Text

  • The original text is written in Koine Greek.
  • Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 47 (3rd century; complete)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verse 1-12)
  • Papyrus 43 (6th/7th century; extant: verse 1-2)
  • This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

  • Revelation 16:1-2 = First Bowl: Loathsome Sores
  • Revelation 16:3 = Second Bowl: The Sea Turns to Blood
  • Revelation 16:4-7 = Third Bowl: The Waters Turn to Blood
  • Revelation 16:8-9 = Fourth Bowl: Men Are Scorched
  • Revelation 16:10-11 = Fifth Bowl: Darkness and Pain
  • Revelation 16:12-16 = Sixth Bowl: Euphrates Dried Up
  • Revelation 16:17-21 = Seventh Bowl: The Earth Utterly Shaken

    • Verse 1

    New King James Version

    Then I heard a loud voice from the temple saying to the seven angels, “Go and pour out the bowls of the wrath of God on the earth.”

    Verse 12

    New King James Version

    Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, so that the way of the kings from the east might be prepared.

    Verse 16

    New King James Version

    And they gathered them together to the place called in Hebrew, Armageddon.

    References

    Revelation 16 Wikipedia
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