Apocalisse 14:2

2 Ed io udii una voce dal cielo, a guisa d’un suono di molte acque, ed a guisa d’un rumore di gran tuono; e la voce che io udii era come di ceteratori, che sonavano in su le lor cetere.

Apocalisse 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"

Apocalisse 14:2 In-Context

1 POI vidi, ed ecco l’Agnello, che stava in piè in sul monte di Sion; e con lui erano cenquarantaquattromila persone, che aveano il suo nome, e il nome di suo Padre, scritto in su le lor fronti.

2 Ed io udii una voce dal cielo, a guisa d’un suono di molte acque, ed a guisa d’un rumore di gran tuono; e la voce che io udii era come di ceteratori, che sonavano in su le lor cetere.

3 E cantavano un cantico nuovo, davanti al trono, e davanti a’ quattro animali, e davanti a’ vecchi; e niuno poteva imparare il cantico, se non quei cenquarantaquattromila, i quali sono stati comperati dalla terra.

4 Costoro son quelli che non si sono contaminati con donne; perciocchè son vergini; costoro son quelli che seguono l’Agnello, dovunque egli va; costoro sono stati da Gesù comperati d’infra gli uomini, per esser primizie a Dio, ed all’Agnello.

5 E nella bocca loro non è stata trovata menzogna; poichè sono irreprensibili davanti al trono di Dio.