Then the Lord said, “What have you done? {You killed your brother!} His blood is like a voice shouting to me from the ground.
Revelation 6:9 - Easy To Read Version The Lamb opened the fifth seal. Then I saw some souls under the altar. {\cf2\super [51]} They were the souls of those people who had been killed because they were faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [52]} and to the truth they had received. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the Lamb broke open the fifth seal, I saw at the foot of the altar the souls of those whose lives had been sacrificed for [adhering to] the Word of God and for the testimony they had borne. American Standard Version (1901) And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: Common English Bible When he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar those who had been slaughtered on account of the word of God and the witness they had given. Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw, under the altar, the souls of those who had been slain because of the Word of God and because of the testimony that they held. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held. |
Then the Lord said, “What have you done? {You killed your brother!} His blood is like a voice shouting to me from the ground.
Then take some of the bull’s blood and go to the altar. [270] Use your finger to put some blood on the horns of the altar. Pour all the blood that is left at the bottom of the altar.
The priest must put some of the blood on the corners of the incense [27] altar. [28] (This altar is in the Meeting Tent, in front of the Lord.) The priest must pour out all of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering. (This altar is at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.)
People will make you leave their synagogues. {\cf2\super [222]} Yes, a time is coming when people will think that killing you would be doing service for God.
So I say that we have confidence. And we really want to be away from this body and be at home with the Lord.
It is hard to choose between living or dying. I want to leave this life and be with Christ. That is much better.
Your faith makes you give your lives as a sacrifice {\cf2\super [13]} in serving God. Maybe I will have to offer my own blood (death) with your sacrifice. But if that happens, I will be happy and full of joy with all of you.
So don’t be ashamed to tell people about our Lord \{Jesus\}. And don’t be ashamed of me—I am in prison for the Lord. But suffer with me for the Good News. {\cf2\super [5]} God gives us the strength to do that.
My life is being given as an offering for God. The time has come for me to leave this life here.
You have come to the meeting of God’s firstborn {\cf2\super [167]} children. Their names are written in heaven. You have come to God, the judge of all people. And you have come to the spirits of good people who have been made perfect.
John has told everything that he saw. It is the truth that Jesus Christ told him; it is the message from God.
I am John, and I am your brother \{in Christ\}. We are together in Jesus, and we share these things: suffering, the kingdom, and patient endurance. I was on the island of Patmos {\cf2\super [7]} because I was faithful to God’s message {\cf2\super [8]} and to the truth of Jesus.
And then another angel came from the altar. {\cf2\super [109]} This angel has power over the fire. This angel called to the angel with the sharp sickle. {\cf2\super [110]} He said, “Take your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth’s vine. The earth’s grapes are ripe.”
Then I bowed down before the angel’s feet to worship him. But the angel said to me, “Don’t \{worship me\}! I am a servant like you and your brothers who have the truth of Jesus. So worship God! Because the truth of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. {\cf2\super [148]} ”
I know where you live. You live where Satan (the devil) has his throne. But you are true to me. You did not refuse to tell about your faith in me even during the time of Antipas. Antipas was my faithful witness {\cf2\super [16]} who was killed in your city. Your city is where Satan lives.
Then I saw some thrones and people sitting on them. These were the people who had been given the power to judge. And I saw the souls of those people who had been killed because \{they were faithful to\} the truth of Jesus and the message {\cf2\super [152]} from God. Those people did not worship the animal or his idol. {\cf2\super [153]} They did not receive the mark of the animal on their foreheads or on their hands. Those people became alive again and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years.
Another angel came and stood at the altar. {\cf2\super [61]} This angel had a golden holder for incense. {\cf2\super [62]} The angel was given much incense to offer with the prayers of all God’s holy people. {\cf2\super [63]} The angel put this offering on the golden altar before the throne.
The sixth angel blew his trumpet. Then I heard a voice coming from the four horns on the golden altar {\cf2\super [70]} that is before God.