Qǐshìlù 9:18

18 Kǒu zhōng suǒ chūlai de huǒ , yǔ yān , bìng liúhuáng , zhè sān yàng zāi shā le rén de sān fēn zhīyī .

Qǐshìlù 9:18 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 9:18

And by these three was the third part of men killed
The Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin, Syriac, and Ethiopic versions, read, "by these three plagues": as the western Roman empire is in the preceding chapter frequently expressed by the third part of several things, see ( Revelation 8:7-12 ) ; so here the eastern Roman empire by the third part of men; vast numbers of the inhabitants of which were destroyed by the Turks, through the use of guns, out of which issued fire, smoke, and brimstone; and Constantinople, the metropolis of it, was taken in this way, as before observed, with the taking of which the empire ceased.

By the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued
out of their mouths;
that is, by the firing of guns.

Qǐshìlù 9:18 In-Context

16 Mǎ jūn yǒu èr wàn wàn . tāmende shùmù wǒ tīngjian le .

17 Wǒ zaì yìxiàng zhòng kànjian nàxiē mǎ hé qí mǎ de , qí mǎ de xiōng qián yǒu jiǎ rú huǒ , yǔ zǐ mǎnǎo , bìng liúhuáng . mǎ de tóu hǎoxiàng shīzitóu , yǒu huǒ , yǒu yān , yǒu liúhuáng , cóng mǎ de kǒu zhòng chūlai .

18 Kǒu zhōng suǒ chūlai de huǒ , yǔ yān , bìng liúhuáng , zhè sān yàng zāi shā le rén de sān fēn zhīyī .

19 Zhè mǎ de nénglì , shì zaì kǒu lǐ , hé wĕiba shàng . yīn zhè wĕiba xiàng shé , bìngqiĕ yǒu tóu yòng yǐ haì rén .

20 Qíyú wèicéng beì zhè zāi suǒ shā de rén , réngjiù bù huǐgǎi zìjǐ shǒu suǒ zuò de , háishì qù baì guǐ mó , hé nàxiē bùnéng kàn , bùnéng tīng , bùnéng zǒu , jīn , yín , tóng , mù , shí , de ǒuxiàng .