Revelation 10 in the early church

[Vulgate: Apocalypse]

22 passages quote, allude to, or echo Revelation 10, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.

Verses: 1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 9 · 10 · 11

Revelation 10:1

Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:1	Arabic commentary on the Apocalypse, fragment 3 (on Rev 10, 1—7) · Hippolytus of Rome	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 200-235
Rev 10:1	On the Crown 15 · Tertullian	allusion, medium confidence	211
Rev 10:1	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century

Revelation 10:2

He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:2	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century

Revelation 10:3

Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
BSB

Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:3	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.1 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 10:3	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century

Revelation 10:4

When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:4	Commentary on John 5.3 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Rev 10:4	Commentary on John 13.28 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Rev 10:4	Commentary on John 13.33 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Rev 10:4	Against Celsus 6.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 248
Rev 10:4	Commentary on Matthew, Latin Series 140 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 244–249 (Latin translation, 4th–5th century)
Rev 10:4	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.2 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 10:4	Church History 6.25.9 · Eusebius of Caesarea	allusion, high confidence	ca. 300–325

Revelation 10:9

And I went to the angel and said, “Give me the small scroll.” “Take it and eat it,” he said. “It will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:9–10	Commentary on John 5.7 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 230–248
Rev 10:9–10	Against Celsus 6.6 · Origen	allusion, high confidence	ca. 248
Rev 10:9	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 10:9–10	Question 76, section 1 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384
Rev 10:9–11	Question 76, section 2 · Ambrosiaster	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–384

Revelation 10:10

So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my mouth. But when I had eaten it, my stomach turned bitter.
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:10	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	allusion, high confidence	late 3rd century
Rev 10:10	Letter 7.3 · Jerome	allusion, high confidence	ca. 370–419
Rev 10:10	Letters 45.1 · Paulinus of Nola	allusion, medium confidence	ca. 394–413

Revelation 10:11

And they told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.”
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Reference	Passage	Kind	Date
Rev 10:11	Commentary on the Apocalypse 10.3 · Victorinus of Pettau	quotation, high confidence	late 3rd century