Revelation 14:6

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And I saw another angel fly in midheaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and tribe, and tongue, and people,

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Bede

AD 735

preach: It is fitting that they who are lifted up by a heavenly flight, should also, through preaching, raise up their earthly minds from the seat of their torpidness.

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Bede

AD 735

flying: As he had described the doubtful and varied fight of the Church with the dragon, as she is a sojourner in the age, it remains to assign a due recompence to both the combatants, and shew what punishments await the bad, or what rewards the good. So, then, the preacher who runs hither and thither through the midst of the Church, carries with him the Gospel of eternal kingdom.

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Bede

AD 735

nation: "This Gospel," He says, "shall be preached in all the world, and then shall the end come." <a

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Cyprian of Carthage

AD 258

In the Apocalypse, moreover: "And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting Gospel to preach over the earth, and over all nations, and tribes, and tongues, and peoples, saying with a loud voice, Fear God rather, and give glory to Him: for the hour of His judgment is come; and worship Him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and all that therein is."

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Another Angel. Saying: Fear the Lord. By this Angel are represented the preachers of the gospel, exhorting all men to the true faith and a good life. (Witham)

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Victorinus of Pettau

AD 303

The angel flying through the midst of heaven, whom he says that he saw, we have already treated of above, as being the same Elias who anticipates the kingdom of Antichrist in his prophecy.

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