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Rev. 6:2 - NIV, NAB - in Irenaeus Against Heresies Book IV

For to this end was the Lord born, the type of whose birth he set forth beforehand, of whom also John says in the Apocalypse: "He went forth conquering, that He should conquer."[322]

Rev. 6:2 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian De Corona

feels so justly confident has been laid up for him. The angel[64]

Rev. 6:4 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Modesty

For, in coming to the High Priest of the Father-Christ-all impediments must first be taken away, in the space of a week, that the house which remains, the flesh and the soul, may be clean; and when the Word of God has entered it, and has found "stains of red and green," forthwith must the deadly and sanguinary passions "be extracted" and "cast away" out of doors-for the Apocalypse withal has set "death" upon a "green horse," but a "warrior" upon a "red"[261]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Clement of Alexandria The Instructor Book II

It says also, "I saw the souls of those that had witnessed, beneath the altar, and there was given to each a white robe."[229]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

beheld plainly the souls of the martyrs.[51]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian A Treatise on the Soul

How is it, then, that the region of Paradise, which as revealed to John in the Spirit lay under the altar,[319]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

In the Revelation of John, again, the order of these times is spread out to view, which "the souls of the martyrs" are taught to wait for beneath the altar, whilst they earnestly pray to be avenged and judged:[172]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On the Resurrection of the Flesh

For unquestionably he, who has exhibited to our sight the martyrs' hitherto disembodied souls resting under the altar,[251]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Scorpiace

Who, pray, are these so blessed conquerors, but martyrs in the strict sense of the word? For indeed theirs are the victories whose also are the fights; theirs, however, are the fights whose also is the blood. But the souls of the martyrs both peacefully rest in the meantime under the altar,[87]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Five Books in Reply to Marcion

Upon their slaughter.[253]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise IX On the Advantage of Patience

er the altar of God the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for their testimony; and they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And there were given to them each white robes; and it was said unto them that they should rest yet for a little season, until the number of their fellow-servants and brethren is fulfilled, who afterwards shall be slain after their example."[49]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Cyprian Treatise XII Three Books of Testimonies Against the Jews

And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost Thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? And unto every one of them were given white robes; and it was said to them, that they should rest still for a short time, until the number of their fellow-servants, and of their brethren, should be fulfilled, and they who shall afterwards be slain, after their example."[487]

Rev. 6:9 - NIV, NAB - in Pseudo-Cyprian On the Glory of Martyrdom

Therefore, beloved brethren, although this is altogether of the Lord's promise and gift, and although it is given from on high, and is not received except by His will, and moreover, can neither be expressed in words nor described by speech, nor can be satisfied by any kind of powers of eloquence, still such will be your benevolence, such will be your charity and love, as to be mindful of me when the Lord shall begin to glorify martyrdom in your experience. That holy altar[33]

Rev. 6:10 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian On Prayer

cry in jealousy unto the Lord "How long, Lord, dost Thou not avenge our blood on the inhabitants of the earth? "[35]

Rev. 6:10 - NIV, NAB - in Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XII

and in the Apocalypse, "Death and Hades follow some."[224]

Rev. 6:12 - NIV, NAB - in A Treatise Against the Heretic Novatian by an Anonymous Bishop

And the kings of the earth, and all the great men, and the tribunes, and the rich men, and the strong men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the caves and in the caverns of the mountains; saying to the mountains and to the rocks, Fall upon us, and hide us from the sight of the Father that sitteth upon the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: because the day of destruction cometh; and who shall be able to stand? "[70]

Rev. 6:13 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Hermogenes

when she is shaken of a mighty wind."[368]

Rev. 6:14 - NIV, NAB - in Tertullian Against Hermogenes

the belief that everything was made from nothing will be impressed upon us by that ultimate dispensation of God which will bring back all things to nothing. For "the very heaven shall be rolled together as a scroll; '"[362]

Rev. 6:14 - NIV, NAB - in Dubious Hippolytus Fragments

The heaven shall be rolled together like a scroll:[109]

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