Apocalisse 6:13

13 e le stelle del cielo caddero in terra, come quando il fico, scosso da un gran vento, lascia cadere i suoi ficucci.

Apocalisse 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 6:13

And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth
All the other inferior deities lost their esteem, worship, and honour; for the idol temples being now opened, the idols and statues were exposed to the common people, and were found to be stuffed with hay and straw, which brought them into great contempt ^F12. Moreover, as stars sometimes signify the ministers of the Gospel in the Christian church, ( Revelation 1:20 ) , and sometimes the priests in the Jewish church, ( Daniel 8:10 ) ; so they may here likewise include the idolatrous priests among the Heathens, who were discharged and removed by Constantine, and had their posts and profits taken away from them; yea, Maximinus, an Heathen emperor, or tyrant, being beaten by Licinius, who was then Constantine's colleague, killed many of the priests and prophets of his gods, which were formerly had in great admiration by him, as deceivers and betrayers of him, by whose oracles he was animated to the war ^F13. And in like manner Licinius put to death the priests and prophets of the new idol at Antioch ^F14.

Even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs, when she is shaken of
a mighty wind;
which figs being young and green, and not fixed, fall off easily, and in great numbers, when a blustering wind beats upon them; and so the rabble of Pagan deities, and idolatrous priests, were easily, and in great numbers, removed through the power of Constantine, which carried all before it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Sozomen, l. 2. c. 5.
F13 Euseb. Eccl. Hist. l. 9. c. 10.
F14 Ib. c. 11.

Apocalisse 6:13 In-Context

11 E furono date a ciascuna d’esse delle stole bianche, e fu loro detto che si riposassero ancora un poco di tempo, infino a tanto che fosse ancora compiuto il numero de’ lor conservi, e de’ lor fratelli, che hanno da essere uccisi, com’essi.

12 Poi vidi quando egli ebbe aperto il sesto suggello; ed ecco, si fece un gran tremoto, e il sole divenne nero, come un sacco di crine; e la luna divenne tutta come sangue;

13 e le stelle del cielo caddero in terra, come quando il fico, scosso da un gran vento, lascia cadere i suoi ficucci.

14 E il cielo si ritirò, come una pergamena che si rotola; e ogni montagna ed isola fu mossa dal suo luogo.

15 E i re della terra, e i grandi, e i capitani, e i ricchi, e i possenti, ed ogni servo, ed ogni libero, si nascosero nelle spelonche, e nelle rocce de’ monti.