Text -- Revelation 6:12 (NET)

6:12 Then I looked when the Lamb opened the sixth seal, and a huge earthquake took place; the sun became as black as sackcloth made of hair, and the full moon became blood red;

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 6:12

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

² tn Or “powerful”; Grk “a great.”

³ tn Or “like hairy sackcloth” (L&N 8.13).

⁴ tn Grk “like blood,” understanding αἷμα (aima) as a blood-red color rather than actual blood (L&N 8.64).