Revelation 10:3

3 And he cried with a great voice, as a lion when he roareth; and when he had cried, the seven thunders spake their voices.

Revelation 10:3 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 10:3

And cried with a loud voice
That all might hear, and to show earnestness and affection, and that it was a matter of great importance, as well as to denote the certainty of it; what he said is not expressed, but seems to be the book of prophecy, or what regarded the state of his church and kingdom, in the several periods of time to the blowing of the seventh trumpet, when the kingdoms of this world shall become his: and this voice of his was

as [when] a lion roareth;
loud and terrible; and indeed it was the voice of the lion of the tribe of Judah, which was heard far and near, throughout the whole world, by his people, and is terrible to his enemies:

and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices;
which some understand of the ministers of the Gospel in the times of the Reformation, who were "Boanergeses", sons of thunder, and think that they are the same with the angels in ( Revelation 14:6 ) or rather these may signify the denunciations of God's judgments, and of his wrath, both upon the eastern and western antichrist, the Turk and pope, signified by the seven vials, hereafter to be poured out, mentioned in ( Revelation 16:1-4 Revelation 16:8 Revelation 16:10 Revelation 16:12 Revelation 16:17 ) .

Revelation 10:3 In-Context

1 And I saw another strong angel coming down from heaven, clothed with a cloud, and the rainbow on his head; and the face of him was as the sun, and the feet of him as a pillar of fire.

2 And he had in his hand a little book opened; and he set his right foot on the sea, and the left foot on the earth [forsooth his left foot on the earth].

3 And he cried with a great voice, as a lion when he roareth; and when he had cried, the seven thunders spake their voices.

4 And when the seven thunders had spoken their voices, I was to write [I was to writing]. And I heard a voice from heaven, saying, Mark thou [Sign thou, or mark,] what things the seven thunders spake, and do not thou write them.

5 And the angel whom I saw standing above the sea, and above the earth, lifted up his hand to heaven,