Adam Clarke Commentary - Revelation 16:21

Adam Clarke Commentary - Revelation 16:21 - 16:21

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Revelation 16:21 - 16:21

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16:1 - 16:1
16:2 - 16:2
16:3 - 16:3
16:4 - 16:4
16:5 - 16:5
16:6 - 16:6
16:8 - 16:8
16:9 - 16:9
16:10 - 16:10
16:11 - 16:11
16:12 - 16:12
16:13 - 16:13
16:15 - 16:15
16:16 - 16:16
16:17 - 16:17
16:18 - 16:18
16:19 - 16:19
16:20 - 16:20
16:21 - 16:21

A great hail - about the weight of a talent - Has this any reference to cannon balls and bombs? It is very doubtful; we are all in the dark in these matters.

The words ὡς ταλαντιαια, as a talent, are used to express something great, excessively oppressive; as νοσηματων ταλαντιαιων, terrible diseases, not diseases of the weight of a talent. See Rosenmuller.