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Cried (ἔκραξεν)
See on Mar 5:5.
As when
The when of A.V. is unnecessary.
Roareth (μυκᾶται)
Only here in the New Testament. Peter uses ὠρύομαι for the voice of the lion. See on 1Pe 5:8. The verb here is originally applied to the lowing of cattle, expressing the sound, moo-ka-omai. Both Aristophanes and Theocritus use it of the roar of the lion, and the former of thunder. Homer, of the ring of the shield and the hissing of meat on the spit.
Seven thunders
The Jews were accustomed to speak of thunder as “the seven voices.” Compare the sevenfold “voice of the Lord,” Psa 29:1-11.
As usual, interpretation has run wild as to the seven thunders. As a few illustrations may be cited: Vitringa, the seven crusades; Daubuz, the seven kingdoms which received the Reformation; Elliott, the bull fulminated against Luther from the seven-hilled city, etc.