Revelation 6:9 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁹ When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony.

² They will exclude you from their synagogues; why, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is doing religious service to God.

⁸ yet I am confident, and I prefer to leave my home in the body and make my home with the Lord.

²³ I am undecided between the two, for I long to depart and be with Christ, for that is far, far better,

¹⁷ Even if my life is to be poured out as a libation as you offer your faith in a service of sacrifice to God, I am glad to have it so, and I congratulate you upon it,

⁸ So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

⁶ My life is already being poured out, and the time has come for my departure.

² who testifies to what he saw—to the message of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

⁹ I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

¹³ I know where you live; where Satan has his throne! Yet you cling to my name and did not renounce your faith in me even in the days when my faithful Antipas, my witness, was put to death among you—where Satan lives.

³ Then another angel with a gold censer came and stood at the altar, and he was given a great quantity of incense so that he might mingle it with the prayers of all the saints on the altar of gold that stood before the throne.

¹³ Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a voice from the corners of the altar of gold that was before God

³ And I will permit my two witnesses, clothed in sackcloth, to prophesy for 1,260 days." ⁴ They are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵ If anyone tries to hurt them fire comes out of their mouths and consumes their enemies; if anyone tries to hurt them, he will certainly be killed in that way. ⁶ They have the power to shut up the sky, so that no rain will fall during the days when they are prophesying, and they have power to turn the waters into blood and to smite the earth with any plague whenever they please. ⁷ When they finish their testimony, the animal that comes up out of the abyss will make war on them and conquer them and kill them,

¹¹ They have conquered him because of the Lamb's blood, and the message to which they bore testimony, for they did not cling to life even in the face of death. ¹² Therefore, rejoice, you heavens and you who live in them! But alas for the earth and the sea, for the devil has descended upon you in a great rage, for he knows that he has only a short time left." ¹³ When the dragon saw that he had been hurled down to the earth, he went in pursuit of the woman who had given birth to the male child. ¹⁴ But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the desert, where she is to be taken care of for a time, times, and a half-time, on account of the serpent. ¹⁵ Then the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman like a river, to sweep her away. ¹⁶ But the earth helped the woman, for the earth opened its mouth and swallowed the river which the dragon had poured out of his mouth. ¹⁷ So the dragon was enraged at the woman, and he went off to make war on the rest of her children—those who obey God's commands and adhere to the testimony of Jesus.

¹⁸ And another angel came forth from the altar, who presided over the fire, and he called in a loud voice to the one who had the sharp sickle, "Use your sharp sickle and gather the bunches of grapes from the earth's vine, for the grapes on it are ripe."

⁷ And I heard the altar answer, "Yes, Lord God Almighty! Your sentences are true and just."

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

⁴ Then I saw thrones with beings seated on them, who were empowered to act as judges. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded on account of the testimony of Jesus and the message of God, who refused to worship the animal and its statue, and would not have its mark put on their foreheads or on their hands. They were restored to life and reigned with the Christ a thousand years.