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1And the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the bottomless pit.
Revelation 9:1 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 1-12)Upon the sounding of this trumpet, the things to be observed are, 1. A star falling from heaven to the earth . Some think this star represents some eminent bishop in the Christian church, some angel of the church; for, in the same way of speaking by which pastors are called stars, the church is called heaven; but who this is expositors do not agree. Some understand it of Boniface the third bishop ...
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