13. An angel (€évds a@yyédov). For angel read derod eagle. Lit., one eagle. The eagle is a symbol of vengeance in Deut. xxviii. 49; Hos. viii. 1; Hab. i. 8.
Mid heaven (yecoupayyjuars). Only in the Apocalypse, here, xiv. 6; xix. 17. It means, properly, the meridian, the highest point in the heavens which the sun occupies at noon: not the space between heaven and earth.
CHA PIER. LX, 1. Fall (aemrwxora). Lit., fallen. The star had fallen
before and is seen as fallen. MRev., properly, construes star with from heaven instead of with fallen. Compare Isa. xiv. 12 ; Luke x. 18.
Of the bottomless pit (tod dpéatos rhs 4BUccov). Rev., of the pit of the abyss. See on John iv. 6, and compare Luke xiv. 5. It is not however a pit that is locked, but the long shaft leading to the abyss, like a well-shaft, which, in the East, is oftener covered and locked.
2. Smoke of a great furnace. Compare Gen. xix. 28; Exod. xix. 18; Matt. xiii. 42, 50.
3. Locusts (dxpides). The idea of this plague is from the eighth plague in Egypt (Exod. x. 14, 15). Compare the de- scription of a visitation of locusts in Joel ii. There are three Hebrew words in the Old Testament which appear to mean locust, probably signifying different species. Only this word is employed in the New Testament. Compare Matt. iii. 4; Mark i. 6.
Scorpions. See Ezek. ii. 6; Luke x. 19; xi.12. Shaped like a lobster, living in damp places, under stones, in clefts of walls, cellars, etc. The sting is in the extremity of the tail. The sting of the Syrian scorpion is not fatal, though very pain-