The sixth seal
12 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶκαι f35 Me⅔ CP ¦ --- Ma,b,d,e⅓,f,g,h,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR (The second και is emphatic.) ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν ἕκτην, καὶκαι rell ¦ 1 ιδου A,TR σεισμὸς μέγας ἐγένετο· καὶ ὁ ἥλιος μέλας ἐγένετομελας εγενετο f35 Ma,b,e⅕,f,g,i⅔ ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ εγενετο μελας Ma⅙,d,e,h,i⅓ A,C,NU,TR ὡς σάκκος τρίχινος, καὶ ἡ σελήνησελενη f35 Ma⅙,b,d¼,e,h⅖ CP,TR ¦ 1 ολη Ma,d,e⅙,f,g,h⅗,i ℵA,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ἐγένετο ὡς αἷμα. 13 Καὶ οἱ ἀστέρες τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἔπεσονεπεσον rell ¦ επεσαν ℵA,C,OC,NU,TR εἰς τὴν γῆν, ὡς συκῆ βάλλειβαλλει f35 Me,hpt,ipt A,C,CP,NU,TR ¦ αποβαλλει Md ¦ βαλλουσα Mb,g⅓ ℵ,OC ¦ βαλουσα Ma,e¼,f,gpt RP,HF (The present is stronger than the aorist.) τοὺς ὀλύνθους αὐτῆς ὑπὸ μεγάλου ἀνέμουμεγαλου ανεμου f35 Md,e CP,TR ¦ ∼ 21 Ma,b,d¼,e⅕,f,g,h,i (ℵ)A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU (A great wind knocks down all figs.) σειομένη. 14 Καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη, ὡς βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον,ελισσομενον f35 Ma¼,b,gpt,h⅓ A,C,CP,RP,OC,NU ¦ ειλισσομενον Mb¼,d¼,e⅔ TR ¦ ελισσομενος Ma,e¼,f,gpt,hpt,i⅖ ℵ,HF ¦ ειλισσομενος Md,i⅓ (The Ionic spelling need not detain us, but what of the gender? In the context the participle modifies ‘scroll’, not ‘sky’, so the neuter is correct.) καὶ πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος ἐκ τῶν τόπων αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν.
15 Καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς τῆς γῆς καὶ οἱ μεγιστᾶνες καὶ οἱ χιλίαρχοι καὶ οἱ πλούσιοιοι χιλιαρχοι και οι πλουσιοι rell ¦ ∼ 45312 Mept,h¼ TR καὶ οἱ ἰσχυροί,και οι ισχυροι rell ¦ 13 ℵ ¦ --- Me⅓ ¦ 12 δυνατοι TR καὶ πᾶς δοῦλος καὶ πᾶς ἐλεύθερος,πας ελευθερος f35 Md,e,hpt,i⅓ CP,TR ¦ 2 Ma,b,f,g,hpt,i⅔ A,C,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ --- ℵ (Remember Granville Sharp; since ‘slave’ and ‘free’ obviously refer to distinct groups, the adjective should be repeated.) ἔκρυψαν ἑαυτοὺς εἰς τὰ σπήλαια καὶ εἰς τὰς πέτρας τῶν ὀρέων. 16 Καὶ λέγουσιν τοῖς ὄρεσιν καὶ ταῖς πέτραις· «Πέσετεπεσετε rell ¦ πεσατε Mdpt,gpt,h⅓ A,OC ¦ πεσεται Me⅓,i⅓ ℵC ἐφ᾿ ἡμᾶς καὶ κρύψατε ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνουτου θρονου f35 Ma⅕,d,e,gpt,h,i⅔ A,C,CP,RP,OC,NU,TR ¦ τω θρονω Ma,b,f,gpt,i⅓ ℵ,HF (As far as the speakers are concerned, the One on the throne is leaning forward, taking an active interest in the proceedings [genitive].) καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ Ἀρνίου· 17 ὅτι ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ μεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς αὐτοῦ,αυτου rell ¦ αυτων Mhpt ℵC,NU καὶ τίς δύναται σταθῆναι;»