THEOSISAndrew of Caesarea
So that we may wage an irreconcilable struggle with the devil, the messenger threatens us, announcing that after this two more woes are coming upon us.
Revelation 9:12Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
One woe is past: and behold there come yet two woes more hereafter.
η ουαι η μια απηλθεν ιδου ερχεται ετι δυο ουαι μετα ταυτα
The Church Fathers on this verse
3 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Beda Venerabilis
John foretold that three woes would come. One has already appeared in the deceit of the heretics. Therefore he now recalls that two still remain, which will fall upon the wicked in the times of the antichrist and in the days of judgment.
Borodin P.M.
In Old Testament times, criminals who grasped one of the horns of the altar in the Temple received mercy. But if all four horns of the golden altar standing before God command with one voice that the death-dealing powers be loosed, then there is nowhere on earth to seek pardon.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Rev 11:14The second woe is past: and behold the third woe will come quickly.
- 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 9:2And he opened the bottomless pit: and the smoke of the pit arose, as the smoke of a great furnace. And the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke of the pit.
- Rev 9:13And the sixth angel sounded the trumpet: and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before the eyes of God,
- Rev 9:21Neither did they penance from their murders nor from their sorceries nor from their fornication nor from their thefts.
The original text
Greek text, 12 words with lemma, transliteration and Strong’s number. Tap to expand.
- ἩhētheG3588 · ὁ
- Οὐαὶouaiwoe!G3759 · οὐαί
- ἡhētheG3588 · ὁ
- μίαmiaoneG1520 · εἷς
- ἀπῆλθενapēlthenI come or go away fromG565 · ἀπέρχομαι
- ἰδοὺidouSee! Lo! Behold! Look!G2400 · ἰδού
- ἔρχεταιerchetaiI comeG2064 · ἔρχομαι
- ἔτιetistillG2089 · ἔτι
- δύοdyotwoG1417 · δύο
- Οὐαὶouaiwoe!G3759 · οὐαί
- μετὰmetawithG3326 · μετά
- ταῦταtautathisG3778 · οὗτος