Teks -- Revelation 6:3 (NET)

6:3 Then when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, “Come!”

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Robertson: Rev 6:3 - The second seal

The second seal ( tēn sphragida tēn deuteran ).

"The seal the second."The white horse with his rider vanished from the scene bent on his conquering career.

Vincent: Rev 6:3 - And see

And see

Omit.

Vincent: Rev 6:3 - Had opened

Had opened ( ἤνοιξεν )

Rev., rendering the aorist mow literally, opened .

Wesley: Rev 6:3 - And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature

Who looked toward the west. Saying, Come - At each seal it was necessary to turn toward that quarter of the world which it more immediately concerned.

JFB: Rev 6:3 - and see

Omitted in the three oldest manuscripts, A, B, C, and Vulgate.

Clarke: Rev 6:3 - The second beast

The second beast - That which had the face of an ox.

TSK: Rev 6:3

Rev 6:1, Rev 4:7

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Poole: Rev 6:3 - The second seal // The second beast // Come and see

The second seal the second of those seven seals with which the book, mentioned Rev 5:1 , was sealed.

The second beast the beast like a calf Rev 4:7 .

Come and see inviting John to attend.

PBC: Rev 6:3

Re 6:3-4 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.  And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.

After this seal is opened we see an opposing force. Instead of white we find a rider on a red horse. This is not a figure of peace; it is a figure of evil. Some might portray this to be Satan, but I submit to you that it is a power used by Satan.[1]  We are to understand this Book’s original time placement, with the opening of the Book’s Seals in the light of the destruction of Jerusalem which was finished in the year 70 A.D. Power was given to him to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another with the sword. During the battle which ensued between the Romans and Jews, many of those Jews who were fainthearted wanted to desert to the Roman Army. As a result of this there was fighting and killing between various factions among the Jews. This further weakened their ability to be successful. Titus penetrated the first wall of the city. He proceeded to penetrate the second wall but was driven back. On the second attempt, he was successful and the slaughter was terrible. The Jewish historian Josephus states that those who continued to fight against the Romans who occupied places around the wall had to trample the dead bodies in the streets. Many other terrible acts took place as men slew one another. " Thus did the miseries of Jerusalem grow worse and worse every day, and the seditious were still more irritated by the calamities they were under, even while the famine preyed upon them, after it had preyed upon the people." Again, The opening of the second seal of the Red Horse represents the powers of Rome (Titus and his army) and the great slaughter which accompanied the taking of the city of Jerusalem.— Eld. Charles Taylor  

[1] Re 12:3 Shows " great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads [Upon examination, you will find this figure as being Satan. Therefore, it could not be the same figure represented in Re 6:4]

Haydock: Rev 6:3-4 - Opened the second seal // Another red horse

Opened the second seal, &c. portending wars and shedding of blood, and so he is said to have power to take away peace from the earth . (Witham) ---

Another red horse. This red horse signifies the cruel persecutions, which the Roman emperors carried on against the Christian religion. For this end, it is said immediately after, one sat thereon, to take peace from the earth, and kill one another; for this purpose was a great sword given to him. (Andræas; Menochius; Grotius)

Gill: Rev 6:3 - And when he had opened the second seal // I heard the second beast say, come and see

And when he had opened the second seal,.... Of the sealed book; that is, the Lamb, as before:

I heard the second beast say, come and see; this living creature was the ox, whose situation was on the west side of the throne, as the standard of Ephraim, on which was an ox, was on the west of the camp of Israel; no mention is made of the noise of thunder, as before, the voice of the ox being lower than that of the lion; and this perhaps may point out a decrease in the Gospel ministry; to fix on any particular person, as, with Grotius, the Evangelist Matthew, because he says, Mat 24:7, nation shall rise against nation, which carries in it some likeness to what is said at the opening of this seal; or, as with Brightman, Justin Martyr, whose second apology was not regarded by the emperor, is mere conjecture; the ministers of the Gospel are intended who lived under this seal, who, though they might not be strong and courageous like the lion, or their predecessors, yet were like the ox, laborious in preaching, and patient in suffering; and these are represented in this vision as inviting John to behold and observe the following hieroglyphic.