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New Testament · Revelation 9:7–9

Locusts like horses in armor

ReferenceRevelation 9:7–9
Writtenc. 95 CE
SetThe end times
And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle… And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the sound of chariots of many horses running to battle.

Translation: KJV

Read it literally

A first-century man describing armored flying machines with a roar like chariots. Helicopters is the obvious read.

What scholars say

Built on Joel 2's locust army.

Looks like technology From the sky
People and places hereJoel

Quick answers about Revelation 9:7–9

Where is Revelation 9:7–9 found?

Revelation 9:7–9 (New Testament). Translation quoted: King James Version (1611; standard 1769 text), with Apocrypha.

When was Revelation 9:7–9 written?

c. 95 CE.

What do scholars say about Revelation 9:7–9?

Built on Joel 2's locust army.

Sources

  1. King James Version (1611; standard 1769 text), with ApocryphaPrimary text

Scholarly dates are rounded. The wording follows the named public-domain translation.

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