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Rev 4:5. Ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταὶ[59]) In ch. Rev 8:5 there are mentioned ΒΡΟΝΤΑῚ ΚΑῚ ἈΣΤΡΑΠΑῚ ΚΑῚ ΦΩΝΑῚ ΚΑῚ ΣΕΙΣΜῸς; in Rev 11:19, ἈΣΤΡΑΠΑῚ ΚΑῚ ΦΩΝΑῚ ΚΑῚ ΒΡΟΝΤΑῚ ΚΑἸ ΣΕΙΣΜῸς ΚΑῚ ΧΆΛΑΖΑ ΜΕΓΆΛΗ; and again with Epitasis, as far as relates to ΣΕΙΣΜῸΝ ΚΑῚ ΧΆΛΑΖΑΝ, in ch. Rev 16:18; Rev 16:21. It occasions inconvenience, that the copyists have written lightnings and voices and thunderings, in these four passages, with so little attention to the order: yet in ch. Rev 4:5, Rev 11:19, all place lightnings first in order; in Rev 16:18, almost all; in Rev 8:5, not one.-ἑπτὰ λαμπάδες, seven lamps) The Holy Spirit, economically, as Wisdom, חבמות, in the plural number. ch. Rev 5:6, the text explains itself.
[59] AB Vulg. have φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί: Rec. Text, without good authority, βρονταὶ καὶ φωναί.-E.