Wahyu 7:1

The Sealing of the 144,000

7:1 After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding back the four winds of the earth so no wind could blow on the earth, on the sea, or on any tree.

Wahyu 8:10

8:10 Then ¹  the third angel blew his trumpet, and a huge star burning like a torch fell from the sky; ²  it landed ³  on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.

Wahyu 9:1

9:1 Then ⁴  the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky ⁵  to the earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the abyss. ⁶ 

[8:10]  ¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[8:10]  ² tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[8:10]  ³ tn Grk “fell.”

[9:1]  ⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

[9:1]  ⁵ tn Or “from heaven” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).

[9:1]  ⁶ tn On this term BDAG 2 s.v. ἄβυσσος 2 states, “netherworld, abyss, esp. the abode of the dead Ro 10:7 (Ps 106:26) and of demons Lk 8:31; dungeon where the devil is kept Rv 20:3; abode of the θηρίον, the Antichrist 11:7; 17:8; of ᾿Αβαδδών (q.v.), the angel of the underworld 9:11…φρέαρ τῆς ἀ. 9:1f; capable of being sealed 9:1; 20:1, 3.”