1. Revelation 6:8 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does the word “behold” appear here?

Revelation 6:8 (ESV)

8 And I looked, and behold, a pale horse! And its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed him. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth.

As with the third horse, John uses this word to ask his readers to pay extra attention to the colour of this horse.

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