(M26) 1 And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard
one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder,
Come(119). 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon
had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth
conquering, and to conquer.
(M27) 3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living
creature saying, Come. 4 And another _horse_ came forth, a red horse: and
to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from the earth(120),
and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a
great sword.
(M28) 5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living
creature saying, Come. And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that
sat thereon had a balance in his hand. 6 And I heard as it were a voice in
the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure of wheat(121) for
a shilling(122), and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil
and the wine hurt thou not.
(M29) 7 And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
fourth living creature saying, Come. 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale
horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades followed
with him. And there was given unto them authority over the fourth part of
the earth, to kill with sword, and with famine, and with death(123), and
by the wild beasts of the earth.
(M30) 9 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: 10 and they cried with a great voice, saying,
How long, O Master, the holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our
blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11 And there was given them to each
one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for
a little time, until their fellow‐servants also and their brethren, who
should be killed even as they were, should have fulfilled(124) _their
course_.
(M31) 12 And I saw when he opened the sixth seal, and there was a great
earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole
moon became as blood; 13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth,
as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of a great wind.
14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when it is rolled up; and every
mountain and island were moved out of their places. 15 And the kings of
the earth, and the princes, and the chief captains(125), and the rich, and
the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and
in the rocks of the mountains; 16 and they say to the mountains and to the
rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: 17 for the great day of their
wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
2b The Episode of the Sealed Ones (An Intervening Vision of Salvation
Assured)
(A) The Sealed of Israel