Revelation 9

Updated on Dec 27, 2024

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Book Book of Revelation Order in the Bible part 27		Bible part New Testament Category Apocalypse

Revelation 9 is the ninth 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.

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The original text is written in Koine Greek.

Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:

Papyrus 115 (ca. AD 275; extant: verses 1-5, 7-16, 18-21)

Papyrus 47 (3rd century)

Papyrus 85 (4th century; extant: verses 19-21)

Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 17-21)

This chapter is divided into 21 verses.

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

Revelation 9:1-12 = Fifth Trumpet: The Locusts from the Bottomless Pit

Revelation 9:13-21 = Sixth Trumpet: The Angels from the Euphrates

New King James Version

Then the fifth angel sounded: And I saw a star fallen from heaven to the earth. To him was given the key to the bottomless pit

New King James Version

Then out of the smoke locusts came upon the earth. And to them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.

New King James Version

And they had as king over them the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, but in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

New King James Version

Now the number of the army of the horsemen was two hundred million; I heard the number of them.

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