Revelation 15:1

Then I saw another great and marvelous sign in heaven: seven angels with the seven final plagues, with which the wrath of God is completed.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The apostle John records a vision he receives in heaven, marking the narrative shift from previous judgments to the final outpouring of divine wrath.

The words — ἄλλο (allo) means "another" and σημεῖον (sēmeion) means "sign," indicating that this new heavenly vision follows and supersedes prior revelations.

The thread — The seven plagues motif echoes Leviticus 26:21, where disobedience triggers multiplied judgments, and the seven angels reappear in Revelation 15:6 as they emerge from the temple to execute them. Daniel 4:2 similarly frames such events as divine signs and wonders.

Why it lands — The text states that God’s wrath is completed through these final plagues, requiring the reader to acknowledge the definitive end of judgment before the immediate execution described in the following verses.

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The Greek words

King James Version

And I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last plagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.

Cross-references

Leviticus 26:21 If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
Revelation 15:6 And out of the temple came the seven angels with the seven plagues, dressed in clean and bright linen and girded with golden sashes around their chests.
Daniel 4:2 I am pleased to declare the signs and wonders that the Most High God has performed for me.
Revelation 21:9 Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
Revelation 19:15 And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
Daniel 6:27 He delivers and rescues; He performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for He has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”
Daniel 12:6 One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
Matthew 13:41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.
Revelation 14:10 he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.
Revelation 14:19 So the angel swung his sickle over the earth and gathered the grapes of the earth, and he threw them into the great winepress of God’s wrath.