10 They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, (A)holy and true, (B)how long (C)before you will judge and (D)avenge our blood on (E)those who dwell on the earth?” 11 Then they were each given (F)a white robe and (G)told to rest a little longer, (H)until the number of their fellow servants and their brothers[a] (I)should be complete, who were to be killed as they themselves had been.

12 When he opened the sixth seal, I looked, and behold, (J)there was a great earthquake, and (K)the sun became black as (L)sackcloth, the full moon became like blood, 13 and (M)the stars of the sky fell to the earth (N)as the fig tree sheds its winter fruit when shaken by a gale. 14 (O)The sky vanished (P)like a scroll that is being rolled up, and (Q)every mountain and island was removed from its place.

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  1. Revelation 6:11 Or brothers and sisters. In New Testament usage, depending on the context, the plural Greek word adelphoi (translated “brothers”) may refer either to brothers or to brothers and sisters

10 They called out in a loud voice, “How long,(A) Sovereign Lord,(B) holy and true,(C) until you judge the inhabitants of the earth(D) and avenge our blood?”(E) 11 Then each of them was given a white robe,(F) and they were told to wait a little longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers and sisters,[a] were killed just as they had been.(G)

12 I watched as he opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake.(H) The sun turned black(I) like sackcloth(J) made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, 13 and the stars in the sky fell to earth,(K) as figs drop from a fig tree(L) when shaken by a strong wind. 14 The heavens receded like a scroll being rolled up,(M) and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(N)

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  1. Revelation 6:11 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in 12:10; 19:10.