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And the first went
Each angel, as his turn comes, with draws (ὑπάγετε, see on Joh 6:21; see on Joh 8:21) from the heavenly scene.
There fell (ἐγένετο)
Lit., there came to pass. Rev., it became. Elliott, very aptly, there broke out.
Noisome and grievous (κακὸν καὶ πονηρὸν)
Similarly the two cognate nouns κακία and πονρία malice and wickedness occur together in 1Co 5:8. Πονηρός emphasizes the activity of evil. See on Luk 3:19.
Sore (ἕλκος)
See on Luk 16:20. Compare the sixth Egyptian plague, Exo 9:8-12, where the Septuagint uses this word ἕλκος boil. Also of the boil or scab of leprosy, Lev 13:18; king Hezekiah's boil, 2Ki 20:7; the botch of Egypt, Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35. In Job 2:7 (Sept.) the boils are described as here by πονηρός sore.