The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

¹³Then in my vision I heard an eagle, flying in midheaven, crying out with a loud voice, Woe, Woe, Woe, to those who dwell on the earth, from the utterances of the remaining trumpets which the three angels are yet to sound.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

9 The fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fallen from heaven on the earth, and he was given the key of the abyss. ²He opened the pit of the abyss, and from the pit went up smoke like the smoke of a great furnace; the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the pit; ³out of the smoke came forth locusts on the earth and they were given power like that of the scorpions of the earth. ⁴They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any green herbage or any tree, but only those men who have not the seal of God on their foreheads; ⁵they were not permitted to kill them, but to torture them for five months, and their torture was like the torture of a scorpion, when it strikes a man. ⁶In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will greatly desire to die, and death flies from them.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

⁷In appearance the locusts were like horses equipped for war; on their heads there seemed to be crowns of gold; their faces were like men's faces, ⁸they had hair like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth; ⁹they had breastplates which seemed like breastplates of iron; the noise of their wings was like the noise of many chariots with horses rushing into battle. ¹⁰They have tails like scorpions, and stings, and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months. ¹¹They have as king over them the angel of the abyss; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek he has the name Apollyon.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

¹²The first woe has passed; behold, there are two woes yet to come.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

¹³The sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the horns of the golden alter before God ¹⁴saying to the sixth angel with the trumpet. Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates. ¹⁵So the four angels were released, who had been held ready for the hour, the day, the month, and the year, to kill a third of mankind. ¹⁶The number of the hosts of cavalry was twice ten thousand times ten thousand; I heard their number. ¹⁷Thus I saw the horses in my vision, and their riders wearing breastplates of fire and hyacinth and brimstone: the heads of the horses were like lions' heads, and from their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone. ¹⁸By these three plagues the third part of mankind was killed, by the fire and smoke and brimstone issuing from their mouths; ¹⁹for the power of the horses is in their mouths and in their tails; their tails are like serpents, with heads, and with them they do harm.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

9 ²⁰The rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, to cease from worshiping demons and idols of gold and silver and bronze and stone and wood, which can neither see nor hear nor walk; ²¹nor did they repent of their murders or their sorceries or their immorality or their thefts.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

10 Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud and with a rainbow on his head; his face was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire; ²in his hand was a little scroll, open. He set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the land, ³and he cried out with a loud voice, like the roaring of a lion; and when he cried out, seven thunders uttered their voices.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

10 ⁴Now when the seven thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write, but I heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down. ⁵Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven ⁶and swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created heaven and all that's in it, that there should be no more delay, ⁷but that in the days of the utterance of the seventh angel, when comes his time to sound his trumpet, will be fulfilled the mystery of God, which he promised his servants the prophets.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

10 ⁸The voice which I had heard from heaven spoke again to me and said, Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land. ⁹So I went to the angel and told him to give me the little scroll; he said to me, take it and eat it; it will be bitter to your stomach, but in your mouth sweet as honey. ¹⁰So I took the little scroll from the hand of the angel and ate it; it was sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. ¹¹And I was told, You must again prophesy concerning many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

11 Then I was given a measuring reed like a staff, with the command, Up, measure the temple of God, the altar, and the barrier which is within; ²but leave out the court which is without the temple, do not measure it; for it has been given to the Gentiles, and they will trample over the holy city for forty-two months. ³And I will permit my two witnesses to prophesy for a thousand two hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth. ⁴These are the two olive trees and the two lampstands which stand before the Lord of the earth. ⁵If any one would harm them, fire issues from their mouth and consumes their enemies; whoever would harm them is doomed to die in this manner. ⁶They have power to shut the heavens, that there may be no rain during the days of their prophesying; also they have power over the waters, to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth with every plague, as often as they desire.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

11 ⁷But when they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up from the abyss will make war on them, and conquer them, and kill them. ⁸Their dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which is allegorically called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. ⁹For three days and a half men from the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look upon their dead bodies, and will not permit them to be put in a tomb. ¹⁰Moreover, those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and send gifts one to another; because these two prophets had tormented those who dwell on the earth.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

11 ¹¹But after the three days and a half the breath of life from God entered them, and they stood up on their feet, and great fear fell on those who saw them. ¹²There was heard a great voice from heaven saying to them, Come up hither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies saw them ascend. ¹³Immediately there was a great earthquake, and a tenth part of the city fell; seven thousand men perished in the earthquake, while the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

11 ¹⁴The second woe has passed; behold, the third woe is soon to come.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

11 ¹⁵The seventh angel sounded, and the voices in heaven were heard, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Anointed, and he shall reign for ever and ever. ¹⁶And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshipped God, ¹⁷saying,

We give thanks, Lord God Almighty,
Who art and wast,
because thou didst take thy great power and
didst reign.
¹⁸While the nations were enraged
then came thy wrath, and the time
for the dead to be judged;
and for giving thy reward to thy servants,
thy prophets and saints,
and to all those who fear thy name,
both small and great,
and to destroy those who destroy the earth.

[John Reece]

The Apocalypse of John, by Charles C. Torrey

Torrey's translation of his conjectured text of the Aramaic original of The Apocalypse of John ― i.e., an Aramaic text that existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

11 ¹⁹Then was opened the temple of God which is in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and there were flashes of lightening, fearful sounds, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.