The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Borodin P.M.

19th centuryChurch Father

Sorrow is no longer sorrow once it has passed. The very thing that very often seems to cast us down is what raises us up. Misfortune seems heavy to us only while it continues. Yet though its time may be grievous, the consequences of endured trials are saving for the soul.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Rev 8:13And I beheld: and heard the voice of one eagle flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice: Woe, Woe, Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, by reason of the rest of the voices of the three angels, who are yet to sound the trumpet!
Rev 9:12One woe is past: and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter.
Rev 15:1And I saw another sign in heaven, great and wonderful: seven angels having the seven last plagues. For in them is filled up the wrath of God.
Rev 16:1And I heard a great voice out of the temple, saying to the seven angels: Go and pour out the seven vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
Rev 16:21And great hail, like a talent, came down from heaven upon men: and men blasphemed God, for the plague of the hail: because it was exceeding great.

The original text

Greek text, 12 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.

Ἡ
hē
the
G3588 · ὁ
Οὐαὶ
ouai
woe!
G3759 · οὐαί
ἡ
hē
the
G3588 · ὁ
δευτέρα
deutera
second
G1208 · δεύτερος
ἀπῆλθεν
apēlthen
I come or go away from
G565 · ἀπέρχομαι
ἰδοὺ
idou
See! Lo! Behold! Look!
G2400 · ἰδού
ἡ
hē
the
G3588 · ὁ
Οὐαὶ
ouai
woe!
G3759 · οὐαί
ἡ
hē
the
G3588 · ὁ
τρίτη
tritē
third
G5154 · τρίτος
ἔρχεται
erchetai
I come
G2064 · ἔρχομαι
ταχύ
tachy
quickly
G5035 · ταχύ

Revelation 11:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

The Church Fathers on this verse

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