{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_8373/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_8373","id":"gutenberg_8373","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8373","summary":null,"tags":["Bible. Revelation","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"THE HOLY BIBLE\n\n\n\n\nTranslated from the Latin Vulgate\n\n\nDiligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,\nand Other Editions in Divers Languages\n\n\nTHE OLD TESTAMENT\nFirst Published by the English College at Douay\nA.D. 1609 & 1610\n\nand\n\nTHE NEW TESTAMENT\nFirst Published by the English College at Rheims\nA.D. 1582\n\n\nWith Annotations\n\n\nThe Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with\nthe Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner\nA.D. 1749-1752\n\n\n\n\n\nTHE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN THE APOSTLE\n\nIn the first, second, and third chapters of this Book are contained\ninstructions and admonitions which St. John was commanded to write to\nthe seven bishops of the churches in Asia. And in the following\nchapters, to the end, are contained prophecies of things that are to\ncome to pass in the Church of Christ, particularly towards the end of\nthe world, in the time of Antichrist. It was written in Greek, in the\nisland of Patmos, where St. John was in banishment by order of the cruel\nemperor Domitian, about sixty-four years after our Lord's Ascension.\n\n\nApocalypse Chapter 1\n\nSt. John is ordered to write to the seven churches in Asia. The manner\nof Christ's appearing to him.\n\n1:1. The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make\nknown to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: and\nsignified, sending by his angel to his servant John,\n\nThe things which must shortly come... and again it is said, ver. 3, The\ntime is at hand... This can not be meant of all the things prophesied in\nthe Apocalypse, where mention is made also of the day of judgment, and\nof the glory of heaven at the end of the world. That some things were to\ncome to pass shortly, is evident, by what is said to the Seven Churches,\nchap. 2 and 3, Or that the persecutions foretold should begin shortly.\nOr that these words signified, that all time is short, and that from the\ncoming of Christ, we are now in the last age or last hour. See 1 John\n2.18.\n\n1:2. Who hath given testimony to the word of God and the testimony of\nJesus Christ, what things soever he hath seen.\n\n1:3. Blessed is he that readeth and heareth the words of this prophecy:\nand keepeth those things which are written in it. For the time is at\nhand.\n\n1:4. John to the seven churches which are in Asia. Grace be unto you and\npeace, from him that is and that was and that is to come: and from the\nseven spirits which are before his throne:\n\n1:5. And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first\nbegotten of the dead and the prince of the kings of the earth, who hath\nloved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood,\n\n1:6. And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father.  To\nhim be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n1:7. Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him: and\nthey also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall bewail\nthemselves because of him. Even so. Amen.\n\n1:8. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord\nGod, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.\n\nI am Alpha and Omega... These are the names of the first and last\nletters of the Greek alphabet, and signify the same as what follows: The\nbeginning and the end: the first cause and last end of all beings: who\nis, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty... These words signify\nthe true God only, and are here applied to our Lord and Saviour Jesus\nChrist, who is to come again to judge the living and the dead.\n\n1:9. I, John, your brother and your partner in tribulation and in the\nkingdom and patience in Christ Jesus, was in the island which is called\nPatmos, for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus.\n\n1:10. I was in the spirit on the Lord's day and heard behind me a great\nvoice, as of a trumpet,\n\n1:11. Saying: What thou seest, write in a book and send to the seven\nchurches which are in Asia: to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamus and\nto Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.\n\n1:12. And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being\nturned, I saw seven golden candlesticks:\n\n1:13. And in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks, one like to the\nSon of man, clothed with a garment down to the feet, and girt about the\npaps with a golden girdle.\n\n1:14. And his head and his hairs were white as white wool and as snow.\nAnd his eyes were as a flame of fire:\n\n1:15. And his feet like unto fine brass, as in a burning furnace.  And\nhis voice as the sound of many waters.\n\n1:16. And he had in his right hand seven stars. And from his mouth came\nout a sharp two-edged sword. And his face was as the sun shineth in his\npower.\n\n1:17. And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid\nhis right hand upon me, saying: Fear not. I am the First and the Last,\n\n1:18. And alive, and was dead. And behold I am living for ever and ever\nand have the keys of death and of hell.\n\n1:19. Write therefore the things which thou hast seen: and which are:\nand which must be done hereafter.\n\n1:20. The mystery of the seven stars, which thou sawest in my right hand\nand the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the\nseven churches. And the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 2\n\nDirections what to write to the angels or bishops of Ephesus, Smyrna,\nPergamus and Thyatira.\n\n2:1. Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write: These things saith\nhe who holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the\nmidst of the seven golden candlesticks:\n\n2:2. I know thy works and thy labour and thy patience and how thou canst\nnot bear them that are evil. And thou hast tried them who say they are\napostles and are not: and hast found them liars:\n\n2:3. And thou hast patience and hast endured for my name and hast not\nfainted.\n\n2:4. But I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first\ncharity.\n\n2:5. Be mindful therefore from whence thou art fallen: and do penance\nand do the first works. Or else I come to thee and will move thy\ncandlestick out of its place, except thou do penance.\n\n2:6. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaites,\nwhich I also hate.\n\n2:7. He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches: To him that overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life\nwhich is in the paradise of my God.\n\n2:8. And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith\nthe First and the Last, who was dead and is alive:\n\n2:9. I know thy tribulation and thy poverty: but thou art rich.  And\nthou art blasphemed by them that say they are Jews and are not, but are\nthe synagogue of Satan.\n\n2:10. Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer. Behold, the\ndevil will cast some of you into prison, that you may be tried: and you\nshall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death: and I will\ngive thee the crown of life.\n\n2:11. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches: He that shall overcome shall not be hurt by the second death.\n\n2:12. And to the angel of the church of Pergamus write: These things\nsaith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword:\n\n2:13. I know where thou dwellest, where the seat of Satan is. And thou\nholdest fast my name and hast not denied my faith. Even in those days\nwhen Antipas was my faithful witness, who was slain among you, where\nSatan dwelleth.\n\n2:14. But I have against thee a few things: because thou hast there them\nthat hold the doctrine of Balaam who taught Balac to cast a\nstumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat and to commit\nfornication.\n\n2:15. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaites.\n\n2:16. In like manner do penance. If not, I will come to thee quickly and\nwill fight against them with the sword of my mouth.\n\n2:17. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches: To him that overcometh I will give the hidden manna and will\ngive him a white counter: and in the counter, a new name written, which\nno man knoweth but he that receiveth it.\n\n2:18. And to the angel of the church of Thyatira write: These things\nsaith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like to a flame of fire and his\nfeet like to fine brass.\n\n2:19. I know thy works and thy faith and thy charity and thy ministry\nand thy patience and thy last works, which are more than the former.\n\n2:20. But I have against thee a few things: because thou sufferest the\nwoman Jezabel, who calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce\nmy servants, to commit fornication and to eat of things sacrificed to\nidols.\n\n2:21. And I gave her a time that she might do penance: and she will not\nrepent of her fornication.\n\n2:22. Behold, I will cast her into a bed: and they that commit adultery\nwith her shall be in very great tribulation, except they do penance from\ntheir deeds,\n\n2:23. And I will kill her children with death: and all the churches\nshall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts. And I will\ngive to every one of you according to your works. But to you I say,\n\n2:24. And to the rest who are at Thyatira: Whosoever have not this\ndoctrine and who have not known the depths of Satan, as they say: I will\nnot put upon you any other burthen.\n\n2:25. Yet that which you have, hold fast till I come.\n\n2:26. And he that shall overcome and keep my words unto the end, I will\ngive him power over the nations.\n\nPower over the nations... This shews, that the saints, who are with\nChrist our Lord in heaven, receive power from him to preside over\nnations and provinces, as patrons; and shall come with him at the end of\nthe world to execute his will against those who have not kept his\ncommandments.\n\n2:27. And he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and as the vessel of a\npotter they shall be broken:\n\n2:28. As I also have received of my Father. And I will give him the\nmorning star.\n\n2:29. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 3\n\nDirections what to write to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.\n\n3:1. And to the angel of the church of Sardis write: These things saith\nhe that hath the seven spirits of God and the seven stars: I know thy\nworks, and that thou hast the name of being alive.  And thou art dead.\n\n3:2. Be watchful and strengthen the things that remain, which are ready\nto die. For I find not thy works full before my God.\n\n3:3. Have in mind therefore in what manner thou hast received and heard:\nand observe and do penance: If then thou shalt not watch, I will come to\nthee as a thief: and thou shalt not know at what hour I will come to\nthee.\n\n3:4. But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their\ngarments: and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy.\n\n3:5. He that shall overcome shall thus be clothed in white garments: and\nI will not blot out his name out of the book of life. And I will confess\nhis name before my Father and before his angels.\n\n3:6. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches.\n\n3:7. And to the angel of the church of Philadelphia write: These things\nsaith the Holy One and the true one, he that hath the key of David, he\nthat openeth and no man shutteth, shutteth and no man openeth:\n\n3:8. I know thy works. Behold, I have given before thee a door opened,\nwhich no man can shut: because thou hast a little strength and hast kept\nmy word and hast not denied my name.\n\n3:9. Behold, I will bring of the synagogue of Satan, who say they are\nJews and are not, but do lie. Behold, I will make them to come and adore\nbefore thy feet. And they shall know that I have loved thee.\n\n3:10. Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I will also keep\nthee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon the whole world\nto try them that dwell upon the earth.\n\n3:11. Behold, I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no\nman take thy crown.\n\n3:12. He that shall overcome, I will make him a pillar in the temple of\nmy God: and he shall go out no more. And I will write upon him the name\nof my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, which\ncometh down out of heaven from my God, and my new name.\n\n3:13. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches.\n\n3:14. And to the angel of the church of Laodicea write: These things\nsaith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, who is the beginning of\nthe creation of God:\n\nThe Amen... that is, the true one, the Truth itself; the Word and Son\nof God. The beginning,`\u00ef '\u00e0px\u00ef... that is, the principle, the source,\nand the efficient cause of the whole creation.\n\n3:15. I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot. I would thou\nwert cold or hot.\n\n3:16. But because thou art lukewarm and neither cold nor hot, I will\nbegin to vomit thee out of my mouth.\n\n3:17. Because thou sayest: I am rich and made wealthy and have need of\nnothing: and knowest not that thou art wretched and miserable and poor\nand blind and naked.\n\n3:18. I counsel thee to buy of me gold, fire tried, that thou mayest be\nmade rich and mayest be clothed in white garments: and that the shame of\nthy nakedness may not appear. And anoint thy eyes with eyesalve, that\nthou mayest see.\n\n3:19. Such as I love, I rebuke and chastise. Be zealous therefore and do\npenance.\n\n3:20. Behold, I stand at the gate and knock. If any man shall hear my\nvoice and open to me the door, I will come in to him and will sup with\nhim: and he with me.\n\n3:21. To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my\nthrone: as I also have overcome and am set down with my Father in his\nthrone.\n\n3:22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the\nchurches.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 4\n\nThe vision of the throne of God, the twenty-four ancients and the four\nliving creatures.\n\n4:1. Aftengs which must be done hereafter.\n\n4:2. And immediately I was in the spirit. And behold, there was a throne\nset in heaven, and upon the throne one sitting.\n\n4:3. And he that sat was to the sight like the jasper and the sardine\nstone. And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like\nunto an emerald.\n\n4:4. And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the\nseats, four and twenty ancients sitting, clothed in white garments. And\non their heads were crowns of gold.\n\n4:5. And from the throne proceeded lightnings and voices and thunders.\nAnd there were seven lamps burning before the throne, which are the\nseven Spirits of God.\n\n4:6. And in the sight of the throne was, as it were, a sea of glass like\nto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne,\nwere four living creatures, full of eyes before and behind.\n\n4:7. And the first living creature was like a lion: and the second\nliving creature like a calf: and the third living creature, having the\nface, as it were, of a man: and the fourth living creature was like an\neagle flying.\n\n4:8. And the four living creatures had each of them six wings: and round\nabout and within they are full of eyes. And they rested not day and\nnight, saying: Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and who is\nand who is to come.\n\n4:9. And when those living creatures gave glory and honour and\nbenediction to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and\never:\n\n4:10. The four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on\nthe throne and adored him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their\ncrowns before the throne, saying:\n\n4:11. Thou art worthy, O Lord our God, to receive glory and honour and\npower. Because thou hast created all things: and for thy will they were\nand have been created.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 5\n\nThe book sealed with seven seals is opened by the Lamb, who thereupon\nreceives adoration and praise from all.\n\n5:1. And I saw, in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book,\nwritten within and without, sealed with seven seals.\n\n5:2. And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is\nworthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?\n\n5:3. And no man was able, neither in heaven nor on earth nor under the\nearth, to open the book, nor to look on it.\n\n5:4. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open the book,\nnor to see it.\n\n5:5. And one of the ancients said to me: Weep not: behold the lion of\nthe tribe of Juda, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book\nand to loose the seven seals thereof.\n\n5:6. And I saw: and behold in the midst of the throne and of the four\nliving creatures and in the midst of the ancients, a Lamb standing, as\nit were slain, having seven horns and seven eyes: which are the seven\nSpirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.\n\n5:7. And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat\non the throne.\n\n5:8. And when he had opened the book, the four living creatures and the\nfour and twenty ancients fell down before the Lamb, having every one of\nthem harps and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of\nsaints.\n\nThe prayers of saints... Here we see that the saints in heaven offer up\nto Christ the prayers of the faithful upon earth.\n\n5:9. And they sung a new canticle, saying: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to\ntake the book and to open the seals thereof: because thou wast slain and\nhast redeemed us to God, in thy blood, out of every tribe and tongue and\npeople and nation:\n\n5:10. And hast made us to our God a kingdom and priests, and we shall\nreign on the earth.\n\n5:11. And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the\nthrone and the living creatures and the ancients (and the number of them\nwas thousands of thousands),\n\n5:12. Saying with a loud voice: The Lamb that was slain is worthy to\nreceive power and divinity and wisdom and strength and honour and glory\nand benediction.\n\n5:13. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under\nthe earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard\nall saying: To him that sitteth on the throne and to the Lamb,\nbenediction and honour and glory and power, for ever and ever.\n\n5:14. And the four living creatures said: Amen. And the four and twenty\nancients fell down on their faces and adored him that liveth for ever\nand ever.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 6\n\nWhat followed upon opening six of the seals.\n\n6:1. And I saw that the Lamb had opened one of the seven seals: and I\nheard one of the four living creatures, as it were the voice of thunder,\nsaying: Come and see.\n\n6:2. And I saw: and behold a white horse, and he that sat on him had a\nbow, and there was a crown given him, and he went forth conquering that\nhe might conquer.\n\nWhite horse... He that sitteth on the white horse is Christ, going forth\nto subdue the world by his gospel. The other horses that follow\nrepresent the judgments and punishment that were to fall on the enemies\nof Christ and his church. The red horse signifies war; the black horse,\nfamine; and the pale horse (which has Death for its rider), plagues or\npestilence.\n\n6:3. And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living\ncreature saying: Come and see.\n\n6:4. And there went out another horse that was red. And to him that sat\nthereon, it was given that he should take peace from the earth: and that\nthey should kill one another. And a great sword was given to him.\n\n6:5. And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third living\ncreature saying: Come and see. And behold a black horse.  And he that\nsat on him had a pair of scales in his hand.\n\n6:6. And I heard, as it were a voice in the midst of the four living\ncreatures, saying: Two pounds of wheat for a penny, and thrice two\npounds of barley for a penny: and see thou hurt not the wine and the\noil.\n\n6:7. And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the\nfourth living creature saying: Come and see.\n\n6:8. And behold a pale horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was\nDeath. And hell followed him. And power was given to him over the four\nparts of the earth, to kill with sword, with famine and with death and\nwith the beasts of the earth.\n\n6:9. And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the\nsouls of them that were slain for the word of God and for the testimony\nwhich they held.\n\nUnder the altar... Christ, as man, is this altar, under which the souls\nof the martyrs live in heaven, as their bodies are here deposited under\nour altars.\n\n6:10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: How long, O Lord (Holy\nand True), dost thou not judge and revenge our blood on them that dwell\non the earth?\n\nRevenge our blood... They ask not this out of hatred to their enemies,\nbut out of zeal for the glory of God, and a desire that the Lord would\naccelerate the general judgment, and the complete beatitude of all his\nelect.\n\n6:11. And white robes were given to every one of them one; And it was\nsaid to them that they should rest for a little time till their fellow\nservants and their brethren, who are to be slain even as they, should be\nfilled up.\n\n6:12. And I saw, when he had opened the sixth seal: and behold there was\na great earthquake. And the sun became black as sackcloth of hair: and\nthe whole moon became as blood.\n\n6:13. And the stars from heaven fell upon the earth, as the fig tree\ncasteth its green figs when it is shaken by a great wind.\n\n6:14. And the heaven departed as a book folded up. And every mountain,\nand the islands, were moved out of their places.\n\n6:15. And the kings of the earth and the princes and tribunes and the\nrich and the strong and every bondman and every freeman hid themselves\nin the dens and in the rocks of mountains:\n\n6:16. And they say to the mountains and the rocks: Fall upon us and hide\nus from the face of him that sitteth upon the throne and from the wrath\nof the Lamb.\n\n6:17. For the great day of their wrath is come. And who shall be able to\nstand?\n\nApocalypse Chapter 7\n\nThe number of them that were marked with the seal of the living God and\nclothed in white robes.\n\n7:1. After these things, I saw four angels standing on the four corners\nof the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that they should not\nblow upon the earth nor upon the sea nor on any tree.\n\n7:2. And I saw another angel ascending from the rising of the sun,\nhaving the sign of the living God. And he cried with a loud voice to the\nfour angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,\n\n7:3. Saying: Hurt not the earth nor the sea nor the trees, till we sign\nthe servants of our God in their foreheads.\n\n7:4. And I heard the number of them that were signed. An hundred forty-\nfour thousand were signed, of every tribe of the children of Israel.\n\n7:5. Of the tribe of Juda, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of\nRuben, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Gad, twelve thousand\nsigned:\n\n7:6. Of the tribe of Aser, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of\nNephthali, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Manasses, twelve\nthousand signed:\n\n7:7. Of the tribe of Simeon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of\nLevi, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Issachar, twelve thousand\nsigned:\n\n7:8. Of the tribe of Zabulon, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of\nJoseph, twelve thousand signed: Of the tribe of Benjamin, twelve\nthousand signed.\n\n7:9. After this, I saw a great multitude, which no man could number, of\nall nations and tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the\nthrone and in sight of the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in\ntheir hands.\n\n7:10. And they cried with a loud voice, saying: Salvation to our God,\nwho sitteth upon the throne and to the Lamb.\n\n7:11. And all the angels stood round about the throne and the ancients\nand the four living creatures. And they fell down before the throne upon\ntheir faces and adored God,\n\n7:12. Saying: Amen. Benediction and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving,\nhonour and power and strength, to our God, for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n7:13. And one of the ancients answered and said to me: These that are\nclothed in white robes, who are they? And whence came they?\n\n7:14. And I said to him: My Lord, thou knowest. And he said to me: These\nare they who are come out of great tribulation and have washed their\nrobes and have made them white in the blood of the Lamb.\n\n7:15. Therefore, they are before the throne of God: and they serve him\nday and night in his temple. And he that sitteth on the throne shall\ndwell over them.\n\n7:16. They shall no more hunger nor thirst: neither shall the sun fall\non them, nor any heat.\n\n7:17. For the Lamb, which is in the midst of the throne, shall rule them\nand shall lead them to the fountains of the waters of life: and God\nshall wipe away all tears from their eyes.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 8\n\nThe seventh seal is opened. The angels with the seven trumpets.\n\n8:1. And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in\nheaven, as it were for half an hour.\n\n8:2. And I saw seven angels standing in the presence of God: and there\nwere given to them seven trumpets.\n\n8:3. And another angel came and stood before the altar, having a golden\ncenser: and there was given to him much incense, that he should offer of\nthe prayers of all saints, upon the golden altar which is before the\nthrone of God.\n\n8:4. And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended\nup before God from the hand of the angel.\n\n8:5. And the angel took the censer and filled it with the fire of the\naltar and cast it on the earth: and there were thunders and voices and\nlightnings and a great earthquake.\n\n8:6. And the seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves\nto sound the trumpet.\n\n8:7. And the first angel sounded the trumpet: and there followed hail\nand fire, mingled with blood: and it was cast on the earth.  And the\nthird part of the earth was burnt up: and the third part of the trees\nwas burnt up: and all green grass was burnt up.\n\n8:8. And the second angel sounded the trumpet: and, as it were, a great\nmountain, burning with fire, was cast into the sea. And the third part\nof the sea became blood.\n\n8:9. And the third part of those creatures died which had life in the\nsea: and the third part of the ships was destroyed.\n\n8:10. And the third angel sounded the trumpet: and a great star fell\nfrom heaven, burning as it were a torch. And it fell on the third part\nof the rivers and upon the fountains of waters:\n\n8:11. And the name of the star is called Wormwood. And the third part of\nthe waters became wormwood. And many men died of the waters, because\nthey were made bitter.\n\n8:12. And the fourth angel sounded the trumpet: and the third part of\nthe sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part\nof the stars, so that the third part of them was darkened. And the day\ndid not shine for a third part of it: and the night in like manner.\n\n8:13. And I beheld: and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the\nmidst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, Woe, Woe to the\ninhabitants of the earth, by reason of the rest of the voices of the\nthree angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet!\n\nApocalypse Chapter 9\n\nLocusts come forth from the bottomless pit. The vision of the army of\nhorsemen.\n\n9:1. And the fifth angel sounded the trumpet: and I saw a star fall from\nheaven upon the earth. And there was given to him the key of the\nbottomless pit.\n\nA star full... This may mean the fall and apostasy of great and learned\nmen from the true faith. Or a whole nation falling into error and\nseparating from the church, not having the sign of God in their\nforeheads. And there was given to him the key of the bottomless pit...\nThat is, to the angel, not to the fallen star.  To this angel was given\nthe power, which is here signified by a key, of opening hell.\n\n9:2. And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose,\nas the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened\nwith the smoke of the pit.\n\n9:3. And from the smoke of the pit there came out locusts upon the\nearth. And power was given to them, as the scorpions of the earth have\npower.\n\nThere came out locusts... These may be devils in Antichrist's time,\nhaving the appearance of locusts, but large and monstrous, as here\ndescribed. Or they may be real locusts, but of an extraordinary size and\nmonstrous shape, such as were never before seen on earth, sent to\ntorment those who have not the sign (or seal) of God on their foreheads.\nSome commentators by these locusts understand heretics, and especially\nthose heretics, that sprung from Jews, and with them denied the divinity\nof Jesus Christ; as Theodotus, Praxeas, Noetus, Paul of Samosata,\nSabellius, Arius, etc. These were great enemies of the Christian\nreligion; they tormented and infected the souls of men, stinging them\nlike scorpions, with the poison of their heresies. Others have explained\nthese locusts, and other animals, mentioned in different places\nthroughout this sacred and mystical book, in a most absurd, fanciful,\nand ridiculous manner; they make Abaddon the Pope, and the locusts to be\nfriars mendicant, etc. Here it is thought proper, not to enter into any\ncontroversy upon that subject, as the inventors of these fancies have\nbeen already answered, and fully refuted by many controvertists:\nbesides, those who might be inposed on by such chimerical writers, are\nin these days much better informed.\n\n9:4. And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of\nthe earth nor any green thing nor any tree: but only the men who have\nnot the sign of God on their foreheads.\n\n9:5. And it was given unto them that they should not kill them: but that\nthey should torment them five months. And their torment was as the\ntorment of a scorpion when he striketh a man.\n\n9:6. And in those days, men shall seek death and shall not find it. And\nthey shall desire to die: and death shall fly from them.\n\n9:7. And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto\nbattle. And on their heads were, as it were, crowns like gold: and their\nfaces were as the faces of men.\n\n9:8. And they had hair as the hair of women: and their teeth were as\nlions.\n\n9:9. And they had breastplates as breastplates of iron: and the noise of\ntheir wings was as the noise of chariots and many horses running to\nbattle.\n\n9:10. And they had tails like to scorpions: and there were stings in\ntheir tails. And their power was to hurt men, five months.  And they had\nover them\n\n9:11. A king, the angel of the bottomless pit (whose name in Hebrew is\nAbaddon and in Greek Apollyon, in Latin Exterminans).\n\n9:12. One woe is past: and behold there come yet two woes more\nhereafter.\n\n9:13. And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet: and I heard a voice from\nthe four horns of the golden altar which is before the eyes of God,\n\n9:14. Saying to the sixth angel who had the trumpet: Loose the four\nangels who are bound in the great river Euphrates.\n\n9:15. And the four angels were loosed, who were prepared for an hour,\nand a day, and a month, and a year: for to kill the third part of men.\n\n9:16. And the number of the army of horsemen was twenty thousand times\nten thousand. And I heard the number of them.\n\n9:17. And thus I saw the horses in the vision. And they that sat on them\nhad breastplates of fire and of hyacinth and of brimstone. And the heads\nof the horses were as the heads of lions: and from their mouths\nproceeded fire and smoke and brimstone.\n\n9:18. And by these three plagues was slain the third part of men, by the\nfire and by the smoke and by the brimstone which issued out of their\nmouths.\n\n9:19. For the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails.\nFor, their tails are like to serpents and have heads: and with them they\nhurt.\n\n9:20. And the rest of the men, who were not slain by these plagues, did\nnot do penance from the works of their hands, that they should not adore\ndevils and idols of gold and silver and brass and stone and wood, which\nneither can see nor hear nor walk:\n\n9:21. Neither did they penance from their murders nor from their\nsorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 10\n\nThe cry of a mighty angel. He gives John a book to eat.\n\n10:1. And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with\na cloud. And a rainbow was on his head: and his face, as the sun, and\nhis feet as pillars of fire.\n\n10:2. And he had in his hand a little book, open. And he set his right\nfoot upon the sea, and his left foot upon the earth.\n\n10:3. And he cried with a loud voice as when a lion roareth. And when he\nhad cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.\n\n10:4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about\nto write. And I heard a voice from heaven saying to me: Seal up the\nthings which the seven thunders have spoken. And write them not.\n\n10:5. And the angel whom I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth\nlifted up his hand to heaven.\n\n10:6. And he swore by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created\nheaven and the things which are therein, and the earth and the things\nwhich are in it, and the sea and the things which are therein: That time\nshall be no longer.\n\n10:7. But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall\nbegin to sound the trumpet, the mystery of God shall be finished, as he\nhath declared by his servants the prophets.\n\nDeclared... literally evangelized, to signify the good tidings,\nagreeable to the Gospel, of the final victory of Christ, and of that\neternal life, which should be the reward of the temporal sufferings of\nthe martyrs and faithful servants of God.\n\n10:8. And I heard a voice from heaven, again speaking to me and saying:\nGo and take the book that is open, from the hand of the angel who\nstandeth upon the sea and upon the earth.\n\n10:9. And I went to the angel, saying unto him that he should give me\nthe book. And he said to me: Take the book and eat it up. And it shall\nmake thy belly bitter: but in thy mouth it shall be sweet as honey.\n\n10:10. And I took the book from the hand of the angel and ate it up: and\nit was in my mouth, sweet as honey. And when I had eaten it, my belly\nwas bitter.\n\n10:11. And he said to me: Thou must prophesy again to many nations and\npeoples and tongues and kings.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 11\n\nHe is ordered to measure the temple. The two witnesses.\n\n11:1. And there was given me a reed, like unto a rod. And it was said to\nme: Arise, and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that\nadore therein.\n\n11:2. But the court which is without the temple, cast out and measure it\nnot: because it is given unto the Gentiles. And the holy city they shall\ntread under foot, two and forty months:\n\n11:3. And I will give unto my two witnesses: and they shall prophesy, a\nthousand two hundred sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.\n\nMy two witnesses... It is commonly understood of Henoch and Elias.\n\n11:4. These are the two olive trees and the two candlesticks that stand\nbefore the Lord of the earth.\n\n11:5. And if any man will hurt them, fire shall come out of their mouths\nand shall devour their enemies. And if any man will hurt them, in this\nmanner must he be slain.\n\n11:6. These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of\ntheir prophecy: And they have power over waters, to turn them into blood\nand to strike the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.\n\n11:7. And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that\nascendeth out of the abyss shall make war against them and shall\novercome them and kill them.\n\n11:8. And their bodies shall lie in the streets of the great city which\nis called spiritually, Sodom and Egypt: where their Lord also was\ncrucified.\n\n11:9. And they of the tribes and peoples and tongues and nations shall\nsee their bodies for three days and a half: and they shall not suffer\ntheir bodies to be laid in sepulchres.\n\n11:10. And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them and\nmake merry: and shall send gifts one to another, because these two\nprophets tormented them that dwelt upon the earth.\n\n11:11. And after three days and a half, the spirit of life from God\nentered into them. And they stood upon their feet: and great fear fell\nupon them that saw them.\n\n11:12. And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up\nhither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw\nthem.\n\n11:13. And at that hour there was made a great earthquake: and the tenth\npart of the city fell. And there were slain in the earthquake, names of\nmen, seven thousand: and the rest were cast into a fear and gave glory\nto the God of heaven.\n\n11:14. The second woe is past: and behold the third woe will come\nquickly.\n\n11:15. And the seventh angel sounded the trumpet: and there were great\nvoices in heaven, saying: The kingdom of this world is become our Lord's\nand his Christ's, and he shall reign for ever and ever. Amen.\n\n11:16. And the four and twenty ancients who sit on their seats in the\nsight of God, fell on their faces and adored God, saying:\n\n11:17. We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, who art and who wast\nand who art to come: because thou hast taken to thee thy great power,\nand thou hast reigned.\n\n11:18. And the nations were angry: and thy wrath is come. And the time\nof the dead, that they should be judged and that thou shouldest render\nreward to thy servants the prophets and the saints, and to them that\nfear thy name, little and great: and shouldest destroy them who have\ncorrupted the earth.\n\n11:19. And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his\ntestament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices\nand an earthquake and great hail.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 12\n\nThe vision of the woman clothed with the sun and of the great dragon her\npersecutor.\n\n12:1. And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun,\nand the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.\n\nA woman... The church of God. It may also, by allusion, be applied to\nour blessed Lady. The church is clothed with the sun, that is, with\nChrist: she hath the moon, that is, the changeable things of the world,\nunder her feet: and the twelve stars with which she is crowned, are the\ntwelve apostles: she is in labour and pain, whilst she brings forth her\nchildren, and Christ in them, in the midst of afflictions and\npersecutions.\n\n12:2. And being with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in\npain to be delivered.\n\n12:3. And there was seen another sign in heaven. And behold a great red\ndragon, having seven heads and ten horns and on his heads seven diadems.\n\n12:4. And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and cast\nthem to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready\nto be delivered: that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her\nson.\n\n12:5. And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations\nwith an iron rod. And her son was taken up to God and to his throne.\n\n12:6. And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she had a place\nprepared by God, that there they should feed her, a thousand two hundred\nsixty days.\n\n12:7. And there was a great battle in heaven: Michael and his angels\nfought with the dragon, and the dragon fought, and his angels.\n\n12:8. And they prevailed not: neither was their place found any more in\nheaven.\n\n12:9. And that great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, who is\ncalled the devil and Satan, who seduceth the whole world.  And he was\ncast unto the earth: and his angels were thrown down with him.\n\n12:10. And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying: Now is come salvation\nand strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ:\nbecause the accuser of our brethren is cast forth, who accused them\nbefore our God day and night.\n\n12:11. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of\nthe testimony: and they loved not their lives unto death.\n\n12:12. Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein.  Woe\nto the earth and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you,\nhaving great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.\n\n12:13. And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he\npersecuted the woman who brought forth the man child.\n\n12:14. And there were given to the woman two wings of a great eagle,\nthat she might fly into the desert, unto her place, where she is\nnourished for a time and times, and half a time, from the face of the\nserpent.\n\n12:15. And the serpent cast out of his mouth, after the woman, water, as\nit were a river: that he might cause her to be carried away by the\nriver.\n\n12:16. And the earth helped the woman: and the earth opened her mouth\nand swallowed up the river which the dragon cast out of his mouth.\n\n12:17. And the dragon was angry against the woman: and went to make war\nwith the rest of her seed, who keep the commandments of God and have the\ntestimony of Jesus Christ.\n\n12:18. And he stood upon the sand of the sea.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 13\n\nOf the beast with seven heads and of a second beast.\n\n13:1. And I saw a beast coming up out the sea, having seven heads and\nten horns: and upon his horns, ten diadems: and upon his heads, names of\nblasphemy.\n\nA beast... This first beast with seven heads and ten horns, is probably\nthe whole company of infidels, enemies and persecutors of the people of\nGod, from the beginning to the end of the world. The seven heads are\nseven kings, that is, seven principal kingdoms or empires, which have\nexercised, or shall exercise, tyrannical power over the people of God;\nof these, five were then fallen, viz.: the Egyptian, Assyrian, Chaldean,\nPersian, and Grecian monarchies: one was present, viz., the empire of\nRome: and the seventh and chiefest was to come, viz., the great\nAntichrist and his empire. The ten horns may be understood of ten lesser\npersecutors.\n\n13:2. And the beast which I saw was like to a leopard: and his feet were\nas the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion. And the\ndragon gave him his own strength and great power.\n\n13:3. And I saw one of his heads as it were slain to death: and his\ndeath's wound was healed. And all the earth was in admiration after the\nbeast.\n\nOne of his heads, etc... Some understand this of the mortal wound, which\nthe idolatry of the Roman empire (signified by the sixth head) received\nfrom Constantine; which was, as it were, healed again by Julian the\nApostate.\n\n13:4. And they adored the dragon which gave power to the beast.  And\nthey adored the beast, saying: Who is like to the beast?  And who shall\nbe able to fight with him?\n\n13:5. And there was given to him a mouth speaking great things and\nblasphemies: and power was given to him to do, two and forty months.\n\n13:6. And he opened his mouth unto blasphemies against God, to blaspheme\nhis name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven.\n\nHis tabernacle, etc... That is, his church and his saints.\n\n13:7. And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to\novercome them. And power was given him over every tribe and people and\ntongue and nation.\n\n13:8. And all that dwell upon the earth adored him, whose names are not\nwritten in the book of life of the Lamb which was slain from the\nbeginning of the world.\n\nSlain from the beginning, etc... In the foreknowledge of God; and\ninasmuch as all mercy and grace, from the beginning, was given in view\nof his death and passion.\n\n13:9. If any man have an ear, let him hear.\n\n13:10. He that shall lead into captivity shall go into captivity: he\nthat shall kill by the sword must be killed by the sword.  Here is the\npatience and the faith of the saints.\n\n13:11. And I saw another beast coming up out of the earth: and he had\ntwo horns, like a lamb: and he spoke as a dragon.\n\nAnother beast... This second beast with two horns, may be understood of\nthe heathenish priests and magicians; the principal promoters both of\nidolatry and persecution.\n\n13:12. And he executed all the power of the former beast in his sight.\nAnd he caused the earth and them that dwell therein to adore the first\nbeast, whose wound to death was healed.\n\n13:13. And he did great signs, so that he made also fire to come down\nfrom heaven unto the earth, in the sight of men.\n\n13:14. And he seduced them that dwell on the earth, for the signs which\nwere given him to do in the sight of the beast: saying to them that\ndwell on the earth that they should make the image of the beast which\nhad the wound by the sword and lived.\n\n13:15. And it was given him to give life to the image of the beast: and\nthat the image of the beast should speak: and should cause that\nwhosoever will not adore the image of the beast should be slain.\n\n13:16. And he shall make all, both little and great, rich and poor,\nfreemen and bondmen, to have a character in their right hand or on their\nforeheads:\n\n13:17. And that no man might buy or sell, but he that hath the\ncharacter, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.\n\n13:18. Here is wisdom. He that hath understanding, let him count the\nnumber of the beast. For it is the number of a man: and the number of\nhim is six hundred sixty-six.\n\nSix hundred sixty-six... The numeral letters of his name shall make up\nthis number.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 14\n\nOf the Lamb and of the virgins that follow him. Of the judgments that\nshall fall upon the wicked.\n\n14:1. And I beheld: and lo a Lamb stood upon mount Sion, and with him an\nhundred forty-four thousand, having his name and the name of his Father\nwritten on their foreheads.\n\n14:2. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the noise of many waters and\nas the voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard was as the\nvoice of harpers, harping on their harps.\n\n14:3. And they sung as it were a new canticle, before the throne and\nbefore the four living creatures and the ancients: and no man could say\nthe canticle, but those hundred forty-four thousand who were purchased\nfrom the earth.\n\n14:4. These are they who were not defiled with women: for they are\nvirgins. These follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.  These were\npurchased from among men, the firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.\n\n14:5. And in their mouth there was found no lie: for they are without\nspot before the throne of God.\n\n14:6. And I saw another angel flying through the midst of heaven, having\nthe eternal gospel, to preach unto them that sit upon the earth and over\nevery nation and tribe and tongue and people:\n\n14:7. Saying with a loud voice: Fear the Lord and give him honour,\nbecause the hour of his judgment is come. And adore ye him that made\nheaven and earth, the sea and the fountains of waters.\n\n14:8. And another angel followed, saying: That great Babylon is fallen,\nis fallen; which made all nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of\nher fornication.\n\nBabylon... By Babylon may be very probably signified all the wicked\nworld in general, which God will punish, and destroy after the short\ntime of this mortal life: or it may signify every great city wherein\nenormous sins and abominations are daily committed; and that when the\nmeasure of its iniquities is full, the punishments due to its crimes are\npoured on it.  It may also be some city of the description in the text,\nthat will exist, and be destroyed, as here described, towards the end of\nthe world.\n\n14:9. And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice: If\nany man shall adore the beast and his image and receive his character in\nhis forehead or in his hand,\n\n14:10. He also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is\nmingled with pure wine in the cup of his wrath: and shall be tormented\nwith fire and brimstone in the sight of the holy angels and in the sight\nof the Lamb.\n\n14:11. And the smoke of their torments, shall ascend up for ever and\never: neither have they rest day nor night, who have adored the beast\nand his image and whoever receiveth the character of his name.\n\n14:12. Here is the patience of the saints, who keep the commandments of\nGod and the faith of Jesus.\n\n14:13. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying to me: Write: Blessed are\nthe dead who die in the Lord. From henceforth now, saith the Spirit,\nthat they may rest from their labours. For their works follow them.\n\nDie in the Lord... It is understood of the martyrs who die for the Lord.\n\n14:14. And I saw: and behold a white cloud and upon the cloud one\nsitting like to the Son of man, having on his head a crown of gold and\nin his hand a sharp sickle.\n\n14:15. And another angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud\nvoice to him that sat upon the cloud: Thrust in thy sickle and reap,\nbecause the hour is come to reap. For the harvest of the earth is ripe.\n\n14:16. And he that sat on the cloud thrust his sickle into the earth:\nand the earth was reaped.\n\n14:17. And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he\nalso having a sharp sickle.\n\n14:18. And another angel came out from the altar, who had power over\nfire. And he cried with a loud voice to him that had the sharp sickle,\nsaying: Thrust in thy sharp sickle and gather the clusters of the\nvineyard of the earth, because the grapes thereof are ripe.\n\n14:19. And the angel thrust in his sharp sickle into the earth and\ngathered the vineyard of the earth and cast it into the great press of\nthe wrath of God:\n\n14:20. And the press was trodden without the city, and blood came out of\nthe press, up to the horses' bridles, for a thousand and six hundred\nfurlongs.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 15\n\nThey that have overcome the beast glorify God. Of the seven angels with\nthe seven vials.\n\n15:1. And I saw another sign in heaven, great and wonderful: seven\nangels having the seven last plagues. For in them is filled up the wrath\nof God.\n\n15:2. And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them\nthat had overcome the beast and his image and the number of his name,\nstanding on the sea of glass, having the harps of God:\n\n15:3. And singing the canticle of Moses, the servant of God, and the\ncanticle of the Lamb, saying: Great and wonderful are thy works, O Lord\nGod Almighty. Just and true are thy ways, O King of ages.\n\n15:4. Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and magnify thy name? For thou\nonly art holy. For all nations shall come and shall adore in thy sight,\nbecause thy judgments are manifest.\n\n15:5. And after these things, I looked: and behold, the temple of the\ntabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened.\n\n15:6. And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven\nplagues, clothed with clean and white linen and girt about the breasts\nwith golden girdles.\n\n15:7. And one of the four living creatures gave to the seven angels\nseven golden vials, full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and\never.\n\n15:8. And the temple was filled with smoke from the majesty of God and\nfrom his power. And no man was able to enter into the temple, till the\nseven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 16\n\nThe seven vials are poured out. The plagues that ensue.\n\n16:1. And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven\nangels: Go and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God upon the\nearth.\n\n16:2. And the first went and poured out his vial upon the earth.  And\nthere fell a sore and grievous wound upon men who had the character of\nthe beast: and upon them that adored the image thereof.\n\n16:3. And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea. And there\ncame blood as it were of a dead man: and every living soul died in the\nsea.\n\n16:4. And the third poured out his vial upon the rivers and the\nfountains of waters. And there was made blood.\n\n16:5. And I heard the angel of the waters saying: Thou art just, O Lord,\nwho art and who wast, the Holy One, because thou hast judged these\nthings.\n\n16:6. For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets: and thou hast\ngiven them blood to drink. For they are worthy.\n\n16:7. And I heard another, from the altar, saying: Yea, O Lord God\nAlmighty, true and just are thy judgments.\n\n16:8. And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun. And it was\ngiven unto him to afflict men with heat and fire.\n\n16:9. And men were scorched with great heat: and they blasphemed the\nname of God, who hath power over these plagues. Neither did they penance\nto give him glory.\n\n16:10. And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the\nbeast. And his kingdom became dark: and they gnawed their tongues for\npain.\n\n16:11. And they blasphemed the God of heaven, because of their pains and\nwounds: and did not penance for their works.\n\n16:12. And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon that great river\nEuphrates and dried up the water thereof, that a way might be prepared\nfor the kings from the rising of the sun.\n\n16:13. And I saw from the mouth of the dragon and from the mouth of the\nbeast and from the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits\nlike frogs.\n\n16:14. For they are the spirits of devils, working signs: and they go\nforth unto the kings of the whole earth, to gather them to battle\nagainst the great day of the Almighty God.\n\n16:15. Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth and\nkeepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.\n\n16:16. And he shall gather them together into a place which in Hebrew is\ncalled Armagedon.\n\nArmagedon... That is, the hill of robbers.\n\n16:17. And the seventh angel poured out his vial upon the air.  And\nthere came a great voice out of the temple from the throne, saying: It\nis done.\n\n16:18. And there were lightnings and voices and thunders: and there was\na great earthquake, such an one as never had been since men were upon\nthe earth, such an earthquake, so great.\n\n16:19. And the great city was divided into three parts: and the cities\nof the Gentiles fell. And great Babylon came in remembrance before God,\nto give her the cup of the wine of the indignation of his wrath.\n\n16:20. And every island fled away: and the mountains were not found.\n\n16:21. And great hail, like a talent, came down from heaven upon men:\nand men blasphemed God, for the plague of the hail: because it was\nexceeding great.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 17\n\nThe description of the great harlot and of the beast upon which she\nsits.\n\n17:1. And there came one of the seven angels who had the seven vials and\nspoke with me, saying: Come, I will shew thee the condemnation of the\ngreat harlot, who sitteth upon many waters:\n\n17:2. With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication.  And\nthey who inhabit the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her\nwhoredom.\n\n17:3. And he took me away in spirit into the desert. And I saw a woman\nsitting upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy,\nhaving seven heads and ten horns.\n\n17:4. And the woman was clothed round about with purple and scarlet, and\ngilt with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in\nher hand, full of the abomination and filthiness of her fornication.\n\n17:5. And on her forehead a name was written: A mystery: Babylon the\ngreat, the mother of the fornications and the abominations of the earth.\n\nA mystery... That is, a secret; because what follows of the name and\ntitle of the great harlot is to be taken in a mystical sense. Babylon...\nEither the city of the devil in general; or, if this place be to be\nunderstood of any particular city, pagan Rome, which then and for three\nhundred years persecuted the church; and was the principal seat both of\nempire and idolatry.\n\n17:6. And I saw the woman drunk with the blood of the saints and with\nthe blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And I wondered, when I had seen her,\nwith great admiration.\n\n17:7. And the angel said to me: Why dost thou wonder? I will tell thee\nthe mystery of the woman and of the beast which carrieth her, which hath\nthe seven heads and ten horns.\n\n17:8. The beast which thou sawest, was, and is not, and shall come up\nout of the bottomless pit and go into destruction. And the inhabitants\non the earth (whose names are not written in the book of life from the\nfoundation of the world) shall wonder, seeing the beast that was and is\nnot.\n\nThe beast which thou sawest... This beast which supports Babylon, may\nsignify the power of the devil: which was and is not, being much limited\nby the coming of Christ, but shall again exert itself under Antichrist.\nThe seven heads of this beast are seven mountains or empires,\ninstruments of his tyranny; of which five were then fallen. (See chap.\n13.1, and below, ver. 10.) The beast itself is said to be the eighth,\nand is of the seven; because they all act under the devil, and by his\ninstigation, so that his power is in them all, yet so as to make up, as\nit were, an eighth empire, distinct from them all.\n\n17:9. And here is the understanding that hath wisdom. The seven heads\nare seven mountains, upon which the woman sitteth: and they are seven\nkings.\n\n17:10. Five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come: and when\nhe is come, he must remain a short time.\n\n17:11. And the beast which was and is not: the same also is the eighth,\nand is of the seven, and goeth into destruction.\n\n17:12. And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, who have not\nyet received a kingdom: but shall receive power as kings, one hour after\nthe beast.\n\nTen kings... Ten lesser kingdoms, enemies also of the church of Christ:\nwhich, nevertheless, shall be made instruments of the justice of God for\nthe punishment of Babylon. Some understand this of the Goths, Vandals,\nHuns, and other barbarous nations, that destroyed the empire of Rome.\n\n17:13. These have one design: and their strength and power they shall\ndeliver to the beast.\n\n17:14. These shall fight with the Lamb. And the Lamb shall overcome them\nbecause he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with\nhim are called and elect and faithful.\n\n17:15. And he said to me: The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot\nsitteth, are peoples and nations and tongues.\n\n17:16. And the ten horns which thou sawest in the beast: These shall\nhate the harlot and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her\nflesh and shall burn her with fire.\n\n17:17. For God hath given into their hearts to do that which pleaseth\nhim: that they give their kingdom to the beast, till the words of God be\nfulfilled.\n\n17:18. And the woman which thou sawest is the great city which hath\nkingdom over the kings of the earth.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 18\n\nThe fall of Babylon. Kings and merchants lament over her.\n\n18:1. And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven,\nhaving great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory.\n\n18:2. And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: Babylon the great is\nfallen, is fallen: and is become the habitation of devils and the hold\nof every unclean spirit and the hold of every unclean and hateful bird:\n\n18:3. Because all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her\nfornication: and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with\nher; And the merchants of the earth have been made rich by the power of\nher delicacies.\n\n18:4. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying: Go out from her, my\npeople; that you be not partakers of her sins and that you receive not\nof her plagues.\n\n18:5. For her sins have reached unto heaven: and the Lord hath\nremembered her iniquities.\n\n18:6. Render to her as she also hath rendered to you: and double unto\nher double, according to her works. In the cup wherein she hath mingled,\nmingle ye double unto her.\n\n18:7. As much as she hath glorified herself and lived in delicacies, so\nmuch torment and sorrow give ye to her. Because she saith in her heart:\nI sit a queen and am no widow: and sorrow I shall not see.\n\n18:8. Therefore, shall her plagues come in one day, death and mourning\nand famine. And she shall be burnt with the fire: because God is strong,\nwho shall judge her.\n\n18:9. And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and\nlived in delicacies with her, shall weep and bewail themselves over her,\nwhen they shall see the smoke of her burning:\n\n18:10. Standing afar off for fear of her torments, saying: Alas!  alas!\nthat great city, Babylon, that mighty city: for in one hour is thy\njudgment come.\n\n18:11. And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her: for\nno man shall buy their merchandise any more.\n\n18:12. Merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones: and of pearls\nand fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet: and all thyine wood: and\nall manner of vessels of ivory: and all manner of vessels of precious\nstone and of brass and of iron and of marble:\n\n18:13. And cinnamon and odours and ointment and frankincense and wine\nand oil and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and\nchariots: and slaves and souls of men.\n\n18:14. And the fruits of the desire of thy soul are departed from thee:\nand all fat and goodly things are perished from thee. And they shall\nfind them no more at all.\n\n18:15. The merchants of these things, who were made rich, shall stand\nafar off from her, for fear of her torments, weeping and mourning,\n\n18:16. And saying: Alas! alas! that great city, which was clothed with\nfine linen and purple and scarlet and was gilt with gold and precious\nstones and pearls.\n\n18:17. For in one hour are so great riches come to nought. And every\nshipmaster and all that sail into the lake, and mariners, and as many as\nwork in the sea, stood afar off,\n\n18:18. And cried, seeing the place of her burning, saying: What city is\nlike to this great city?\n\n18:19. And they cast dust upon their heads and cried, weeping and\nmourning, saying: Alas! alas! that great city, wherein all were made\nrich, that had ships at sea, by reason of her prices. For, in one hour\nshe is made desolate.\n\n18:20. Rejoice over her, thou heaven and ye holy apostles and prophets.\nFor God hath judged your judgment on her.\n\n18:21. And a mighty angel took up a stone, as it were a great millstone,\nand cast it into the sea, saying: With such violence as this, shall\nBabylon, that great city, be thrown down and shall be found no more at\nall.\n\n18:22. And the voice of harpers and of musicians and of them that play\non the pipe and on the trumpet shall no more be heard at all in thee:\nand no craftsman of any art whatsoever shall be found any more at all in\nthee: and the sound of the mill shall be heard no more at all in thee:\n\n18:23. And the light of the lamp shall shine no more at all in thee: and\nthe voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall be heard no more at all\nin thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth: for all\nnations have been deceived by thy enchantments.\n\n18:24. And in her was found the blood of prophets and of saints and of\nall that were slain upon the earth.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 19\n\nThe saints glorify God for his judgments on the great harlot.  Christ's\nvictory over the beast and the kings of the earth.\n\n19:1. After these things, I heard as it were the voice of much people in\nheaven, saying: Alleluia. Salvation and glory and power is to our God.\n\n19:2. For true and just are his judgments, who hath judged the great\nharlot which corrupted the earth with her fornication and hath revenged\nthe blood of his servants, at her hands.\n\n19:3. And again they said: Alleluia. And her smoke ascendeth for ever\nand ever.\n\n19:4. And the four and twenty ancients and the four living creatures\nfell down and adored God that sitteth upon the throne, saying: Amen.\nAlleluia.\n\n19:5. And a voice came out from the throne, saying: Give praise to our\nGod, all ye his servants: and you that fear him, little and great.\n\n19:6. And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the\nvoice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying:\nAlleluia: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, hath reigned.\n\n19:7. Let us be glad and rejoice and give glory to him. For the marriage\nof the Lamb is come: and his wife hath prepared herself.\n\n19:8. And it is granted to her that she should clothe herself with fine\nlinen, glittering and white. For the fine linen are the justifications\nof saints.\n\n19:9. And he said to me: Write: Blessed are they that are called to the\nmarriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith to me: These words of God are\ntrue.\n\n19:10. And I fell down before his feet, to adore him. And he saith to\nme: See thou do it not. I am thy fellow servant and of thy brethren who\nhave the testimony of Jesus. Adore God. For the testimony of Jesus is\nthe spirit of prophecy.\n\nI fell down before, etc... St. Augustine (lib. 20, contra Faust, c. 21)\nis of opinion, that this angel appeared in so glorious a manner, that\nSt. John took him to be God; and therefore would have given him divine\nhonour had not the angel stopped him, by telling him he was but his\nfellow servant. St. Gregory (Hom. 8, in Evang.) rather thinks that the\nveneration offered by St. John, was not divine honour, or indeed any\nother than what might lawfully be given; but was nevertheless refused by\nthe angel, in consideration of the dignity to which our human nature had\nbeen raised, by the incarnation of the Son of God, and the dignity of\nSt. John, an apostle, prophet, and martyr.\n\n19:11. And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that\nsat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he\njudge and fight.\n\n19:12. And his eyes were as a flame of fire: and on his head were many\ndiadems. And he had a name written, which no man knoweth but himself.\n\n19:13. And he was clothed with a garment sprinkled with blood. And his\nname is called: THE WORD OF GOD.\n\n19:14. And the armies that are in heaven followed him on white horses,\nclothed in fine linen, white and clean.\n\n19:15. And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp two-edged sword, that\nwith it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with a rod of\niron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of\nGod the Almighty.\n\n19:16. And he hath on his garment and on his thigh written: KING OF\nKINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.\n\n19:17. And I saw an angel standing in the sun: and he cried with a loud\nvoice, saying to all the birds that did fly through the midst of heaven:\nCome, gather yourselves together to the great supper of God:\n\n19:18. That you may eat the flesh of kings and the flesh of tribunes and\nthe flesh of mighty men and the flesh of horses and of them that sit on\nthem: and the flesh of all freemen and bondmen and of little and of\ngreat.\n\n19:19. And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies,\ngathered together to make war with him that sat upon the horse and with\nhis army.\n\n19:20. And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who\nwrought signs before him, wherewith he seduced them who received the\ncharacter of the beast and who adored his image.  These two were cast\nalive into the pool of fire burning with brimstone.\n\n19:21. And the rest were slain by the sword of him that sitteth upon the\nhorse, which proceedeth out of his mouth: and all the birds were filled\nwith their flesh.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 20\n\nSatan is bound for a thousand years. The souls of the martyrs reign with\nChrist in the first resurrection. The last attempts of Satan against the\nchurch. The last judgment.\n\n20:1. And I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key of the\nbottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.\n\n20:2. And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the\ndevil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.\n\nBound him, etc... The power of Satan has been very much limited by the\npassion of Christ: for a thousand years; that is, for the whole time of\nthe New Testament; but especially from the time of the destruction of\nBabylon or pagan Rome, till the new efforts of Gog and Magog against the\nchurch, towards the end of the world. During which time the souls of the\nmartyrs and saints live and reign with Christ in heaven, in the first\nresurrection, which is that of the soul to the life of glory; as the\nsecond resurrection will be that of the body, at the day of the general\njudgment.\n\n20:3. And he cast him into the bottomless pit and shut him up and set a\nseal upon him, that he should no more seduce the nations till the\nthousand years be finished. And after that, he must be loosed a little\ntime.\n\n20:4. And I saw seats. And they sat upon them: and judgment was given\nunto them. And the souls of them that were beheaded for the testimony of\nJesus and for the word of God and who had not adored the beast nor his\nimage nor received his character on their foreheads or in their hands.\nAnd they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years.\n\n20:5. The rest of the dead lived not, till the thousand years were\nfinished. This is the first resurrection.\n\n20:6. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection.\nIn these the second death hath no power. But they shall be priests of\nGod and of Christ: and shall reign with him a thousand years.\n\n20:7. And when the thousand years shall be finished, Satan shall be\nloosed out of his prison and shall go forth and seduce the nations which\nare over the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog: and shall gather\nthem together to battle, the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.\n\n20:8. And they came upon the breadth of the earth and encompassed the\ncamp of the saints and the beloved city.\n\n20:9. And there cane down fire from God out of heaven and devoured them:\nand the devil, who seduced them, was cast into the pool of fire and\nbrimstone, where both the beast\n\n20:10. And the false prophet shall be tormented day and night for ever\nand ever.\n\n20:11. And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from\nwhose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found\nfor them.\n\n20:12. And I saw the dead, great and small, standing in the presence of\nthe throne. And the books were opened: and another book was opened,\nwhich was the book of life. And the dead were judged by those things\nwhich were written in the books, according to their works.\n\n20:13. And the sea gave up the dead that were in it: and death and hell\ngave up their dead that were in them. And they were judged, every one\naccording to their works.\n\n20:14. And hell and death were cast into the pool of fire. This is the\nsecond death.\n\n20:15. And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast\ninto the pool of fire.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 21\n\nThe new Jerusalem described.\n\n21:1. I saw a new heaven and a new earth. For the first heaven and the\nfirst earth was gone: and the sea is now no more.\n\nThe first heaven and the first earth was gone, being changed, not as to\ntheir substance, but in their qualities.\n\n21:2. And I, John, saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out\nof heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.\n\n21:3. And I heard a great voice from the throne, saying: Behold the\ntabernacle of God with men: and he will dwell with them.  And they shall\nbe his people: and God himself with them shall be their God.\n\n21:4. And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and death shall\nbe no more. Nor mourning, nor crying, nor sorrow shall be any more, for\nthe former things are passed away.\n\n21:5. And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things\nnew. And he said to me: Write. For these words are most faithful and\ntrue.\n\n21:6. And he said to me: It is done. I am Alpha and Omega: the Beginning\nand the End. To him that thirsteth, I will give of the fountain of the\nwater of life, freely.\n\n21:7. He that shall overcome shall possess these things. And I will be\nhis God: and he shall be my son.\n\n21:8. But the fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and murderers\nand whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, they shall\nhave their portion in the pool burning with fire and brimstone, which is\nthe second death.\n\n21:9. And there came one of the seven angels, who had the vials full of\nthe seven last plagues, and spoke with me, saying: Come and I will shew\nthee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.\n\n21:10. And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he\nshewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,\n\n21:11. Having the glory of God, and the light thereof was like to a\nprecious stone, as to the jasper stone even as crystal.\n\n21:12. And it had a wall great and high, having twelve gates, and in the\ngates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of\nthe twelve tribes of the children of Israel.\n\n21:13. On the east, three gates: and on the north, three gates: and on\nthe south, three gates: and on the west, three gates.\n\n21:14. And the wall of the city had twelve foundations: And in them, the\ntwelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb,\n\n21:15. And he that spoke with me had a measure of a reed of gold, to\nmeasure the city and the gates thereof and the wall.\n\n21:16. And the city lieth in a four-square: and the length thereof is as\ngreat as the breadth. And he measured the city with the golden reed for\ntwelve thousand furlongs: and the length and the height and the breadth\nthereof are equal.\n\n21:17. And he measured the wall thereof an hundred forty-four cubits,\nthe measure of a man, which is of an angel.\n\nThe measure of a man, i.e., According to the measure of men, and used by\nthe angel... This seems to be the true meaning of these words.\n\n21:18. And the building of the wall thereof was of jasper stone: but the\ncity itself pure gold like to clear glass.\n\n21:19. And the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all\nmanner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper: the second,\nsapphire: the third; a chalcedony: the fourth, an emerald:\n\n21:20. The fifth, sardonyx: the sixth, sardius: the seventh, chrysolite:\nthe eighth, beryl: the ninth, a topaz: the tenth, a chrysoprasus: the\neleventh, a jacinth: the twelfth, an amethyst.\n\n21:21. And the twelve gates are twelve pearls, one to each: and every\nseveral gate was of one several pearl. And the street of the city was\npure gold, as it were, transparent glass.\n\n21:22. And I saw no temple therein. For the Lord God Almighty is the\ntemple thereof, and the Lamb.\n\n21:23. And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine\nin it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the\nlamp thereof.\n\n21:24. And the nations shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of\nthe earth shall bring their glory and honour into it.\n\n21:25. And the gates thereof shall not be shut by day: for there shall\nbe no night there.\n\n21:26. And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.\n\n21:27. There shall not enter into it any thing defiled or that worketh\nabomination or maketh a lie: but they that are written in the book of\nlife of the Lamb.\n\nApocalypse Chapter 22\n\nThe water and tree of life. The conclusion.\n\n22:1. And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal,\nproceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.\n\n22:2. In the midst of the street thereof, and on both sides of the\nriver, was the tree of life, bearing twelve fruits, yielding its fruits\nevery month: the leaves of the tree for the healing of the nations.\n\n22:3. And there shall be no curse any more: but the throne of God and of\nthe Lamb shall be in it. And his servants shall serve him.\n\n22:4. And they shall see his face: and his name shall be on their\nforeheads.\n\n22:5. And night shall be no more. And they shall not need the light of\nthe lamp, nor the light of the sun, because the Lord God shall enlighten\nthen. And they shall reign for ever and ever.\n\n22:6. And he said to me: These words are most faithful and true.  And\nthe Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to shew his\nservant the things which must be done shortly.\n\n22:7. And: Behold I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words\nof the prophecy of this book.\n\n22:8. And I, John, who have heard and seen these things. And, after I\nhad heard and seen, I fell down to adore before the feet of the angel\nwho shewed me the things.\n\n22:9. And he said to me: See thou do it not. For I am thy fellow\nservant, and of thy brethren the prophets and of them that keep the\nwords of the prophecy of this book. Adore God.\n\n22:10. And he saith to me: Seal not the words of the prophecy of this\nbook. For the time is at hand.\n\nFor the time is at hand... That is, when compared to eternity, all time\nand temporal things vanish, and are but of short duration. As to the\ntime when the chief predictions should come to pass, we have no\ncertainty, as appears by the different opinions, both of the ancient\nfathers and late interpreters.  Many think that most things set down\nfrom the 4th chapter to the end, will not be fulfilled till a little\ntime before the end of the world. Others are of opinion, that a great\npart of them, and particularly the fall of the wicked Babylon, happened\nat the destruction of paganism, by the destruction of heathen Rome, and\nits persecuting heathen emperors. Of these interpretations, see Aleazar,\nin his long commentary; see the learned Bossnet, bishop of Meaux, in his\ntreatise on this Book; and P. Alleman, in his notes on the same\nApocalypse, tom. 12, who in his Preface says, that this, in a great\nmeasure, may be now looked upon as the opinion followed by the learned\nmen. In fine, others think that St. John's design was in a mystical way,\nby metaphors and allegories, to represent the attempts and persecutions\nof the wicked against the servants of God, the punishments that should\nin a short time fall upon Babylon, that is, upon all the wicked in\ngeneral: the eternal happiness and reward, which God had reserved for\nthe pious inhabitants of Jerusalem, that is, for his faithful servants,\nafter their short trials and the tribulations of this mortal life. In\nthe mean time we meet with many profitable instructions and admonitions,\nwhich we may easily enough understand: but we have no certainty when we\napply these predictions to particular events: for as St. Jerome takes\nnotice, the Apocalypse has as many mysteries as words, or rather\nmysteries in every word. Apocalypsis Joannis tot habet Sacramenta quot\nverba--parum dixi, in verbis singulis multiplices latent\nintelligentiae. Ep. ad Paulin, t. 4. p. 574.  Edit. Benedict.\n\n22:11. He that hurteth, let him hurt still: and he that is filthy, let\nhim be filthy still: and he that is just, let him be justified still:\nand he that is holy, let him be sanctified still.\n\nLet him hurt still... It is not an exhortation, or license to go on in\nsin; but an intimation, that how far soever the wicked may proceed,\ntheir progress shall quickly end, and then they must expect to meet with\nproportionable punishments.\n\n22:12. Behold, I come quickly: and my reward is with me, to render to\nevery, man according to his works.\n\n22:13. I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and\nthe End.\n\n22:14. Blessed are they that wash their robes in the blood of the Lamb:\nthat they may have a right to the tree of life and may enter in by the\ngates into the city.\n\n22:15. Without are dogs and sorcerers and unchaste and murderers and\nservers of idols and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.\n\n22:16. I, Jesus, have sent my angel, to testify to you these things in\nthe churches. I am the root and stock of David, the bright and morning\nstar.\n\n22:17. And the spirit and the bride say: Come. And he that heareth, let\nhim say: Come. And he that thirsteth, let him come.  And he that will,\nlet him take the water of life, freely.\n\n22:18. For I testify to every one that heareth the words of the prophecy\nof this book: If any man shall add to these things, God shall add unto\nhim the plagues written in this book.\n\n22:19. And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this\nprophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out\nof the holy city, and from these things that are written in this book.\n\n22:20. He that giveth testimony of these things, saith: Surely, I come\nquickly: Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.\n\n22:21. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 73: Apocalypse: The Challoner Revision","tradition":"scripture-revelation","translated_text":null,"word_count":15015}