Revelation 6:10

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
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Bede

AD 735
How long? They ask not this in hatred of their enemies, for whom they made supplication in this age: But in a love of justice, in which, as they who are placed near the Judge Himself, they agree with Him, they pray for the coming of the day of judgement, in which the reign of sin may be destroyed, and the resurrection of their lifeless bodies may come. For we also, in the present time, when we are commanded to pray for our enemies, say nevertheless, when we pray to the Lord, &quot;Thy kingdom come.&quot; <a

Bede

AD 735
voice: The great cry of the souls is their great desire for those things which they know that the Lord wills to do. For it is not right to suppose, that they wish for anything against the good pleasure of God, when their desires are dependent upon His will.

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
Cry in jealousy unto the Lord "How long, Lord, dost Thou not avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth? "

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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