Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Revelation 16:8
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Revelation16:8
8. angel--so Coptic and Andreas. But A, B, C, Vulgate, and Syriac omit it.
upon--not as in Re 16:2, 3, "into."
sun--Whereas by the fourth trumpet the sun is darkened (Re 8:12) in a third part, here by the fourth vial the sun's bright scorching power is intensified.
power was given unto him--rather, "unto it," the sun.
men--Greek, "the men," namely, those who had the mark of the beast (Re 16:2).
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