62So CA 1611 2053 vg. ℵ and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., syrh read Come and see.
6: 2 63And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and he that sitteth thereon hath a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering and to conquer.
63So CℵA 1611 2053 vg. 792 2351 2329 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., omit And I saw, syrph reads And I heard and saw,
6: 3 And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, 64Come.
64So CA 1611 2053 and the majority of lesser Gk. mss., vg. 469 2344 792 (eth) read Come and see. ℵ alone reads Come and see. 4 And I saw, and behold,
6: 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse: and to him that sitteth thereon it was given to take peace from the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
6: 5 And when he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, 65Come. 66And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sitteth thereon had a balance in his hand.
65So CA 1611 2053 vg. ℵ and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., syrh read Come and see.
66So CℵA 1611 2053 vg. 2344 792 2351 2329 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., eth omit And I saw,
6: 6 And I heard as it were a voice in the midst of the four living creatures saying, 67A measure of wheat for a 68shilling, and three measures of barley for a shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.
67Or, A choenix (i.e., about a quart) of wheat for a denarius — implying great scarcity. Compare Ez 4:16f., 5:16.
68The word in the Greek, denarius, denotes a Roman coin worth the wage of a day laborer.
6: 7 when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature saying, 69Come.
69So p24vidCAvid 1611 2053 vg. ℵ and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. read Come and see.
6: 8 70And 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 the sword, and with famine, and with 71death, and by the wild beasts of the earth.
70So ℵA 1611 f 1678 94 vg syr. C 2053 read I saw, f 506 2344 792 2351 2329 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., eth omit And I saw,
71Or, pestilence, Compare ch. 2:23 marginal note.
6: 9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar 72the souls of them that had been slain for the word of God, and for the witness which they held:
72Or possibly, the lives Cf. Lv 4:7; 21:1.
6: 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?
6: 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, 73should have completed their course.
73So ℵ and the majority of lesser Gk. mss. But CA 2344 vg syrph cop read should be completed in number. (cf. Apocrypha 2Esdras 4:36) 1611 2329 read shall complete their courses. 2029 (and Textus Receptus) read should complete themselves.
6: 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 74whole moon became as blood;
74Or, full moon (as just prior to an eclipse)
6: 13 and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth, as a fig tree casteth its unripe figs when 75it is shaken of a great wind.
75Gk. she
6: 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.
6: 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the 76chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the mountains;
76Or, military tribunes, Gk. chiliarchs (lit. captains of thousands)
6: 16 and they say to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall 77over us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
77Gk. on (Compare ch. 8:3)
6: 17 for the great day 78of their wrath is come; and who is able to stand?
78So Cℵ 1611 2053 f 1678 94 vg syr. A f 1006 and a majority of lesser Gk. mss., eth read of his wrath
