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Revelation 6:3

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

KJV

Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν δευτέραν, ἤκουσα τοῦ δευτέρου ζώου λέγοντος, ἔρχου.

Greek NT

Et cum aperuisset sigillum secundum, audivi secundum animal, dicens : Veni, et vide.

Vulgate

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

ASV

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying: Come and see.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

10 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δεύτερος
deuteros
adjective · 42×
ζῶον
zoon
noun · 23×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
σφραγίς
sphragis
noun · 16×
ἀκούω
akouo
verb · 427×
ἀνοίγω
anoigo
verb · 76×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
o
article · 19778×
ὅτε
ote
adverb · 100×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

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SBLGNT: σφραγῖδα τὴν δευτέραν | WH/Treg/NIV: σφραγῖδα τὴν δευτέραν | RP: δευτέραν σφραγῖδα
  • σφραγῖδα τὴν δευτέρανSBLGNT
  • σφραγῖδα τὴν δευτέρανWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • δευτέραν σφραγῖδαRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Jer 15:2 — And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the swor
  • Rev 4:7 — And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
  • Rev 6:1 — And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
  • Rev 6:1 — And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.
  • Rev 6:7 — And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
  • Rev 8:1 — And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
  • Rev 10:2 — And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,