Revelation 18:1
New International Version
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

New Living Translation
After all this I saw another angel come down from heaven with great authority, and the earth grew bright with his splendor.

English Standard Version
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was made bright with his glory.

Berean Standard Bible
After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

Berean Literal Bible
After these things I saw another angel descending out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was illuminated from his glory.

King James Bible
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

New King James Version
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his glory.

New American Standard Bible
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illuminated from his glory.

NASB 1995
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory.

NASB 1977
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory.

Legacy Standard Bible
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth was illumined with his glory.

Amplified Bible
After these things I saw another angel coming down from heaven, possessing great authority, and the earth was illuminated with his splendor and radiance.

Christian Standard Bible
After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

American Standard Version
After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And after these things I saw another Angel from Heaven, who had great authority, and The Earth was brightened by his glory.

Contemporary English Version
I saw another angel come from heaven. This one had great power, and the earth was bright because of his glory.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And after these things, I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power: and the earth was enlightened with his glory.

English Revised Version
After these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven, having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After these things I saw another angel come from heaven. He had tremendous power, and his glory lit up the earth.

Good News Translation
After this I saw another angel coming down out of heaven. He had great authority, and his splendor brightened the whole earth.

International Standard Version
After these things, I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was made bright by his splendor.

Literal Standard Version
And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of Heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from his glory,

Majority Standard Bible
After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.

New American Bible
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority, and the earth became illumined by his splendor.

NET Bible
After these things I saw another angel, who possessed great authority, coming down out of heaven, and the earth was lit up by his radiance.

New Revised Standard Version
After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven, having great authority; and the earth was made bright with his splendor.

New Heart English Bible
After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.

Webster's Bible Translation
And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

Weymouth New Testament
After these things I saw another angel coming down from Heaven, armed with great power. The earth shone with his splendor,

World English Bible
After these things, I saw another angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was illuminated with his glory.

Young's Literal Translation
And after these things I saw another messenger coming down out of the heaven, having great authority, and the earth was lightened from his glory,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Babylon is Fallen
1After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory. 2And he cried out in a mighty voice: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a lair for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, every unclean bird, and every detestable beast.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 43:2
and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.

Revelation 10:1
Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

Revelation 17:1
Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

Revelation 17:7
"Why are you so amazed?" said the angel. "I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and ten horns.


Treasury of Scripture

And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.

I saw.

Revelation 17:1
And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:

and the.

Revelation 21:23
And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.

Isaiah 60:1-3
Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon thee…

Ezekiel 43:2
And, behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like a noise of many waters: and the earth shined with his glory.

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Revelation 18
1. Babylon is fallen.
4. People commanded to depart out of her.
9. The kings of the earth, with the merchants and mariners, lament over her.
20. The saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon her.














(1) And after these things . . .--Or, better, After these things (omit "and") I saw another angel coming down, having great power (or, authority--entrusted to him for the work against Babylon); and the earth was illumined by (literally, out of) his glory. The light which shines from the heavenly messenger shines like day upon the tawdry splendour of Babylon, and shows that what was admired was but worthless and corrupt. In his brief, but rousing call, he proclaims it to be so.

Verse 1. - And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven; after [omitting "and"]... coming down, etc. The usual form of introduction to a new vision (cf. Revelation 4:1; Revelation 7:1, etc.). The "mystery" of the beast and the harlot having been declared, the angel now describes the doom in store for them. The angel is from heaven, as carrying the news of the judgment which is sent from heaven (cf. Revelation 10:1; Revelation 19:6, 15, 17; Revelation 15:1, etc.). Having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. The great "authority" refers to the judgment which follows, which, however, is not acted out before the seer, but only described. The last clause records the visible manifestation of the great power (cf. the description in Ezekiel 43:2).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
After
Μετὰ (Meta)
Preposition
Strong's 3326: (a) gen: with, in company with, (b) acc: (1) behind, beyond, after, of place, (2) after, of time, with nouns, neut. of adjectives.

this
ταῦτα (tauta)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3778: This; he, she, it.

I saw
εἶδον (eidon)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 3708: Properly, to stare at, i.e. to discern clearly; by extension, to attend to; by Hebraism, to experience; passively, to appear.

another
ἄλλον (allon)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 243: Other, another (of more than two), different. A primary word; 'else, ' i.e. Different.

angel
ἄγγελον (angelon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 32: From aggello; a messenger; especially an 'angel'; by implication, a pastor.

descending
καταβαίνοντα (katabainonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2597: To go down, come down, either from the sky or from higher land, descend. From kata and the base of basis; to descend.

from
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

heaven
οὐρανοῦ (ouranou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

with
ἔχοντα (echonta)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2192: To have, hold, possess. Including an alternate form scheo skheh'-o; a primary verb; to hold.

great
μεγάλην (megalēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

authority,
ἐξουσίαν (exousian)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1849: From exesti; privilege, i.e. force, capacity, competency, freedom, or mastery, delegated influence.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
(hē)
Article - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth
γῆ (gē)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

was illuminated
ἐφωτίσθη (ephōtisthē)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5461: From phos; to shed rays, i.e. To shine or to brighten up.

by
ἐκ (ek)
Preposition
Strong's 1537: From out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards. A primary preposition denoting origin, from, out.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

glory.
δόξης (doxēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1391: From the base of dokeo; glory, in a wide application.


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