Apocalipsis 14:2

2 Oí un sonido que venía del cielo, como el estruendo de una catarata y el retumbar de un gran trueno. El sonido se parecía al de músicos que tañen sus arpas.

Apocalipsis 14:2 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 14:2

And I heard a voice from heaven
The same with the voices heard in heaven upon the sounding of the seventh trumpet, ( Revelation 11:15 ) ;

as the voice of many waters;
very loud, and uttered by a great multitude of people, signified by waters in this book, ( Revelation 17:15 ) ; the same with those that praise the Lord for the destruction of antichrist, and for the marriage of the Lamb, ( Revelation 19:1-7 ) ;

and as the voice of a great thunder;
to which the Gospel may be compared for its open, loud publication, being heard far and near, as thunder is:

and I heard the voice of harpers, harping with their harps;
that is, singing the praises of God, for the fall of Babylon, the happy state and condition of the church, and the blessings of grace; the harp being a musical instrument, used under the Old Testament in singing praise: Brightman thinks that these different sounds represent the course of Gospel doctrine, and the church's voice throughout the reign of antichrist; that when the church first went into the wilderness, her voice was like the murmuring of waters, confused and indistinct; when she began to revive under the Waldenses and Albigenses, Wickliff, Huss her voice was like thunder, loud and terrible; and at the Reformation, it was as the voice of harpers, when confessions of faith were published with sweet harmony and consent. Others have thought that the different properties and efficacy of the Gospel are designed; as its rapidity and irresistible force, by the many waters; its striking and shaking the consciences of men, by the thunder, Christ's ministers being sometimes "Boanergeses", sons of thunder; and its harmonious music, pleasant sound, peace, joy, and comfort it brings, by the voice of harpers. The Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, and all the Oriental versions, read, "the voice which I heard was as harpers"

Apocalipsis 14:2 In-Context

1 Luego miré, y apareció el Cordero. Estaba de pie sobre el monte Sión, en compañía de ciento cuarenta y cuatro mil personas que llevaban escrito en la frente el nombre del Cordero y de su Padre.

2 Oí un sonido que venía del cielo, como el estruendo de una catarata y el retumbar de un gran trueno. El sonido se parecía al de músicos que tañen sus arpas.

3 Y cantaban un himno nuevo delante del trono y delante de los cuatro seres vivientes y de los ancianos. Nadie podía aprender aquel himno, aparte de los ciento cuarenta y cuatro mil que habían sido rescatados de la tierra.

4 Estos se mantuvieron puros, sin contaminarse con ritos sexuales. Son los que siguen al Cordero por dondequiera que va. Fueron rescatados como los primeros frutos de la humanidad para Dios y el Cordero.

5 No se encontró mentira alguna en su boca, pues son intachables.