Rev 6:10 | RWP | e4.org | How long ( εως ποτε ). "Until when." Cf. ; . O Master ( ο δεσποτης ). Nominative articular form, but used as vocative ( δεσποτα ) as in ( ). On δεσποτης (correlative of δουλος ) see . Here (alone in the Apocalypse) it is applied to God as in ; , but to Christ in ; . The holy and true ( ο αγιος κα αληθινος ). See for these attributes of God. Avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth ( εκδικεις το αιμα ημων εκ των κατοικουντων επ της γης ). This same idiom in and see it also in ., "a passage which goes far to answer many questions in theodicy" (Swete). We find εκδικεω , late compound, used with εκ as here in ; , but with απο in . For επ της γης (upon the earth) see .

‏ Revelation of John 6:10

How long ( εως ποτε ). "Until when." Cf. Mt 7:17; Joh 10:24.

O Master ( ο δεσποτης ). Nominative articular form, but used as vocative ( δεσποτα ) as in 4:11 (Joh 20:28). On δεσποτης (correlative of δουλος ) see Lu 2:29. Here (alone in the Apocalypse) it is applied to God as in Lu 2:29; Ac 4:24, but to Christ in Jude 1:4; 2Pe 2:1.

The holy and true ( ο αγιος κα αληθινος ). See 3:7 for these attributes of God.

Avenge our blood on them that dwell upon the earth ( εκδικεις το αιμα ημων εκ των κατοικουντων επ της γης ). This same idiom in 19:2 and see it also in Lu 18:7f., "a passage which goes far to answer many questions in theodicy" (Swete). We find εκδικεω, late compound, used with εκ as here in De 18:19; 1Sa 24:13, but with απο in Lu 18:3. For επ της γης (upon the earth) see 3:10.