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 only existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

⁵When he opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say Come! And I saw, and lo, a black horse, and its rider had a balance in his hand. ⁶Then I heard a voice, seemingly from the midst of the four living creatures, saying, A measure of wheat for a denarius, and three measures of barley for a denarius, and harm not the oil and the wine.

[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 only existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

⁷When he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature say, Come! ⁸And I saw, and lo, a pale horse, and the name on its rider was Death; and Hades went along with him. They were given authority over a fourth part of the earth, to kill with the sword, and with famine and pestilence, and by the wild beasts of the earth.

[John Reece]

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

⁹When he opened the fifth seal, I saw beneath the alter the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they had borne; ¹⁰and they cried out with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, the holy and the true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth? ¹¹To each of them a white robe was given, and they were told to rest a little longer, until the number should be complete of their fellow servants and and their brethren, who were to be killed, even as they had been.

[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 only existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

¹²When he opened the sixth seal, I saw that there was a great earthquake; and the sun became backcloth, and the full moon became as blood, ¹³and the stars of heaven fell to the earth as the fig tree shaken by a gale throws down it unripe fruit. ¹⁴The sky disappeared, like a scroll that is rolled up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place. ¹⁵Then the kings of the earth, and the magnates and chief captains, and the rich and the strong and every slave and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains, ¹⁶saying to the mountains and the rocks,

Fall on us and hide us
from the face of him who sits on the throne,
and from the wrath of the Lamb;
¹⁷for the great day of their wrath has come,
and who can stand before it?

[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 only existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

7After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, so that no wind should blow on the earth or the sea or on any tree. ²And I saw another angel ascend from the rising of the sun with the seal of the living God; and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels who had been given power to harm earth and sea, ³saying, Harm not the earth or the sea or the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads. ⁴I heard the number of the sealed, a hundred and forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the children of Israel.

[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 only existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

⁵Of the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand, ⁶of the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand, ⁷of the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand, ⁸of the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, of the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

[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 only existed, per Torrey's thesis, during the Aramaic period of the nascent Christian Church:

⁹After this, in my vision, lo, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation and of all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. ¹⁰They cried out with a great voice, saying, Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. ¹¹And all the angels stood round the throne and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying,

Amen; Blessing and glory, and wisdom and
thanksgiving and honor, and power and
might be to our God, forever and ever; Amen.

[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 one of the elders addressed me, saying, Who are these, clothed in the white robes, and whence did they come? ¹⁴I said to him, Sir, you know. He said to me,, These are they who came out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

¹⁵Therefore are they before the throne of God,
and they serve him day and night in his temple;
he who sits on the throne will give them shelter.
¹⁶They shall hunger no more, nor thirst any more;
the sun shall not strike upon them, nor any
..scorching heat;

¹⁷for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne
..will be their shepherd,
and will guide them to springs of living water;
and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.

[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:

8 When he opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven for about half a minute; ²and I saw that the seven angels who stand before God were given seven trumpets.

[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:

³Then another angel came and stood beside the alter, holding a golden censer, and he was given much incense, the prayers of the saints, to put on the golden alter before the throne; ⁴and the smoke of the incense (the prayers of the saints) went up before God from the hand of the angel. ⁵The angel took the censer and filled it with fire from the alter and threw it on the earth; and there were peals of thunder, fearful sounds, flashes of lightening and an earthquake.

[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:

⁶Then the seven angels who had the seven trumpets made ready to sound 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:

⁷The first angel sounded, and there came hail and fire mixed with blood, and it was thrown on the earth; a third of the earth was burnt up, a third of the trees were burnt up, and all green things were burnt up.

[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:

⁸The second angel sounded, and what appeared to be a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea; a third of the sea became blood, ⁹a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

[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:

¹⁰The third angel sounded, and down from heaven fell a great star blazing like a torch; it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. ¹¹The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many men died of the waters because they were made bitter.

[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 fourth angel sounded, and a third of the sun was smitten, also a third of the moon and of the stars, so that a third of their light should be darkened and the third part should illumine neither the day nor the night.