Teks -- Revelation 6:17 (NET)

6:17 because the great day of their wrath has come, and who is able to withstand it?”

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Robertson: Rev 6:17 - The great day

The great day ( hē hēmera hē megalē ).

The phrase occurs in the O.T. prophets (Joe 2:11, Joe 2:31; Zep 1:14. Cf. Jud 1:6) and is here combined with "of their wrath"(tēs orgēs autōn ) as in Zep 1:15, Zep 1:18; Zep 2:3; Rom 2:5. "Their"(autōn ) means the wrath of God and of the Lamb put here on an equality as in Rev 1:17., Rev 22:3, Rev 22:13; 1Th 3:11; 2Th 2:16. Beckwith holds that this language about the great day having come "is the mistaken cry of men in terror caused by the portents which are bursting upon them."There is something, to be sure, to be said for this view which denies that John commits himself to the position that this is the end of the ages.

Robertson: Rev 6:17 - And who is able to stand?

And who is able to stand? ( kai tis dunatai stathēnai̇ ).

Very much like the words in Nah 1:6; Mal 3:2. First aorist passive infinitive of histēmi . It is a rhetorical question, apparently by the frightened crowds of Rev 6:15. Swete observes that the only possible answer to that cry is the command of Jesus in Luk 21:36 : "Keep awake on every occasion, praying that ye may get strength to stand (stathēnai , the very form) before the Son of Man."

Vincent: Rev 6:17 - The great day

The great day ( ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη )

Lit., the day , the great ( day ). For the construction, see on 1Jo 4:9.

Vincent: Rev 6:17 - Is come

Is come ( ἦλθεν )

Lit., came .

Vincent: Rev 6:17 - Shall be able to stand

Shall be able to stand ( δύναται σταθῆναι )

Rev., rightly, is able . Compare Nah 1:6; Mal 3:2.

JFB: Rev 6:17

Literally, "the day, the great (day)," which can only mean the last great day. After the Lord has exhausted all His ordinary judgments, the sword, famine, pestilence, and wild beasts, and still sinners are impenitent, the great day of the Lord itself' shall come. Mat. 24:6-29 plainly forms a perfect parallelism to the six seals, not only in the events, but also in the order of their occurrence: Mat 24:3, the first seal; Mat 24:6, the second seal; Mat 24:7, the third seal; Mat 24:7, end, the fourth seal; Mat 24:9, the fifth seal, the persecutions and abounding iniquity under which, as well as consequent judgments accompanied with gospel preaching to all nations as a witness, are particularly detailed, Mat. 24:9-28; Mat 24:29, the sixth seal.

JFB: Rev 6:17 - to stand

To stand justified, and not condemned before the Judge. Thus the sixth seal brings us to the verge of the Lord's coming. The ungodly "tribes of the earth" tremble at the signs of His immediate approach. But before He actually inflicts the blow in person, "the elect" must be "gathered "out.

Clarke: Rev 6:17 - For the great day of his wrath

For the great day of his wrath - The decisive and manifest time in which he will execute judgment on the oppressors of his people

Clarke: Rev 6:17 - Who shall be able to stand?

Who shall be able to stand? - No might can prevail against the might of God. All these things may literally apply to the final destruction of Jerusalem, and to the revolution which took place in the Roman empire under Constantine the Great. Some apply them to the day of judgment; but they do not seem to have that awful event in view. These two events were the greatest that have ever taken place in the world, from the flood to the eighteenth century of the Christian era; and may well justify the strong figurative language used above

Through I do not pretend to say that my remarks on this chapter point out its true signification, yet I find others have applied it in the same way. Dr. Dodd observes that the fall of Babylon, Idumea, Judah, Egypt, and Jerusalem, has been described by the prophets in language equally pompous, figurative, and strong. See Isa 13:10; Isa 34:4, concerning Babylon and Idumea; Jer 4:23, Jer 4:24, concerning Judah; Eze 32:7, concerning Egypt; Joe 2:10, Joe 2:31, concerning Jerusalem; and our Lord himself, Mat 24:29, concerning the same city. "Now,"says he, "it is certain that the fall of any of these cities or kingdoms was not of greater concern or consequence to the world, nor more deserving to be described in pompous figures, than the fall of the pagan Roman empire, when the great lights of the heathen world, the sun, moon, and stars, the powers civil and ecclesiastical, were all eclipsed and obscured, the heathen emperors and Caesars were slain, the heathen priests and augurs were extirpated, the heathen officers and magistrates were removed, the temples were demolished, and their revenues were devoted to better uses. It is customary with the prophets, after they have described a thing in the most symbolical and figurative manner, to represent the same again in plainer language; and the same method is observed here, Rev 6:15-17 : And the kings of the earth, etc. That is, Maximin, Galerius, Maxentius, Licinius, etc., with all their adherents and followers, were so routed and dispersed that they hid themselves in dens, etc.; expressions used to denote the utmost terror and confusion. This is, therefore, a triumph of Christ over his heathen enemies, and a triumph after a severe persecution; so that the time and all the circumstances, as well as the series and order of the prophecy, agree perfectly with this interpretation. Galerius, Maximin, and Licinius, made even a public confession of their guilt, recalled their decrees and edicts against the Christians, and acknowledged the just judgments of God and of Christ in their own destruction."See Newton, Lowman, etc., and Dr. Dodd on this chapter, with the works of several more recent authors.

Defender: Rev 6:17 - day of his wrath

The "great day of His wrath" constitutes the initial phase of "the day of the Lord" prophesied in many of the Old Testament Scriptures (Isa 13:9; Joe 1:15; Amo 5:18)."

TSK: Rev 6:17 - the great // who

the great : Rev 11:18, Rev 16:14; Isa. 13:6-22; Jer 30:7; Joe 2:31; Zep 1:14-18; Rom 2:5; Jud 1:6

who : Psa 76:7, Psa 130:3, Psa 130:4; Joe 2:11; Mal 3:2

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Poole: Rev 6:17

For this judgment that is upon us, is the effect of his wrath for our abusing and persecuting his members; and we, with all our courage, might, and power, are not able to abide his wrath. These words import, that in this great change, as the greatest persons should be at a loss what to do, so they should perish under a conviction that the great vengeance of God was come upon them for their opposing the gospel, and provoking Christ by persecuting of his members.

There are other more particular explications of the sun, moon, stars, heavens, & c., but they all centre in this general, that here is prophesied a great and universal change of the religion of the world, which should strike a great terror into the pagan rulers, and issue in the overturning of all their altars and temples, and the ruin of the great men, relating either to their civil or ecclesiastical state; and that they at last should know that, God was God, and that these judgments came upon them for their opposition to Christ. And (which addeth strength to this interpretation) Mr. Durham hath observed, that no so short period of time hath produced so many remarkable judgments, and extorted so many ingenuous confessions from enemies, that what came upon them was for their persecutions; and a catalogue of which may be found in Mr. Mede, and in Mr. Durham. Mr. Mede reckoneth Galerius, Maximinus, and Licinius. Galerius was eaten up of worms, being before he died sensible of his guilt, ceasing from his persecution, and begging the Christians’ prayers. Maximinus, another Roman emperor, (or partner in the empire with the former), being beaten by Licinius, fled to Tarsus, and there fell upon his pagan priests, who had deceived him by their lying oracles, and made a decree for the Christians’ liberty; but God would not suffer so bloodly a wretch to die after the ordinary death of man; he died miserably through intolerable pain, his eyes dropping out of his head. Licinius was a Christian, and joined a while with Constantine, but apostatized, was overcome in two battles, taken, and by him put to death. All these three were within the space of eighteen years. Mr. Durham to these adds the instances of Dioclesian and Maximinian, little above twenty years before, in the heat of their persecution making a stop, and through a horror of conscience laying down their imperial dignity; and Maxentius, drowned in the river Tiber; and he says Licinius, before mentioned, before he died, revenged himself upon his idolatrous priests that had persuaded him to forsake Constantine’ s God. The change was so great in the empire, upon Constantine the Great’ s coming to the throne, by the death of some great persons, turning others out of place, destroying the whole frame and practice of the pagans’ religion, that it might well be expressed by earthquakes, the sun turning black, the moon as blood, the stars falling from heaven to earth, the heavens departing like a scroll, and the removal of islands and mountains, and by the consternation it would bring all the pagan great men into, &c. And this time, which was a period of about twenty-five or twenty-seven years, is thought to be understood to be the time predicted upon the opening of the sixth seal. Thus we see the dragon’ s reign at an end in about three hundred and eleven or three hundred and twenty-five years after Christ; the empire, as pagan, persecuting the church of Christ, and following it with ten successive persecutions, quite overturned, and a Christian emperor, Constantine the Great, ruling it. But we must understand these great things were not perfected in a few months; some relics of paganism remained; for though Constantine shut up the pagan temples, yet all the idols in them were not destroyed until the time of Theodosius, who began to rule in the empire Anno 379, and reigned sixteen years. Between Constantine and him were Constantius and Constans, Julian the Apostate, and Jovianus, Valentinianus, Valens, and Gratian; during some of whose reigns (Julian’ s especially) the Christians suffered much both from pagans and Arians, so that the Christians had not a full and perfect quiet till after the year 390.

PBC: Rev 6:17

The language of these verses is highly figurative. I do not intend to imply that they only have meaning for that particular time. History seems to repeat itself because man never learns from the past. However, this was a day when the wrath of God and of the Lamb was upon the Jewish world. They had acted so wickedly and had falsely proclaimed the meaning of prophecy until their people had come into judgment.

Mt 24:3 gives an account of Jesus as He sat upon the mount of Olives, ." .. the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?" Jesus told them to take heed that no man deceive you. There would be many who would come in His name proclaiming to be Christ. " And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows. Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name’s sake. And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." {Mt 24:6-14}

The fulfillment of may be clearly seen in the trials of the early church, and possibly in the opening of the second and third seals of Re 6:3-6. The book of Acts gives us a great testimony of what the disciples suffered. In fact, we are told that, except John, none of the original ones who followed Jesus were still alive at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem. There were others, however, who were willing to suffer at the hands of the enemies of Christ rather than deny His name. History can only confirm things which God has already proclaimed. John was given this message of the Revelation of Jesus Christ before the great catastrophe came upon the Temple of the Jews and the city of Jerusalem. Instead of history proving the Bible to be true- the Bible proves history to be that which God had already proclaimed.— Eld. Charles Taylor

Gill: Rev 6:17 - For the great day of his wrath is come // And who shall be able to stand

For the great day of his wrath is come,.... The Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions read, "of their wrath"; both of him that sits upon the throne, and of the Lamb, against the Heathen gods and Heathen persecutors, in answer to the cry of the martyrs in Rev 6:9.

And who shall be able to stand? against either of them, or in their presence, and so as to bear their wrath and displeasure; all which expresses guilt, shame, fear, and despair.