Show apocalypse greek word and the four horsemen apocalypse is a greek gree k word meaning revelation and is applied chiefly to the book of 0 fredela revelation and more specifically to the last book of the new testament otherwise called the revelation of st john the divine which reads in part as follows and I 1 saw when th the e lamb opened one of the seals and I 1 heard as it were the noise of thunder one of the four beasts saying come and see and I 1 saw and behold a white horse and he that sat on him had a bow and a crown was given unto him and he went forth conquering and to conquer and when he had opened the second seal I 1 heard the second beast say come and see and there went out another horse that was red and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth and that they should kill one another and there was given unto him a great sword and when he had opened the third seal I 1 heard the third beast say come and see and I 1 beheld and lo 10 a black horse and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand and I 1 heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say A measure of wheat for a penny and three measures of barley for a penny and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine and when he had opened the fourth seal I 1 heard the voice of the fourth beast say come and see and I 1 looked and behold a pale horse and his name that s sat a t on him was death and hell followed with him and power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth to kill with sword and wi with t h hunger and with death and with the beasts of the earth the phrase the four horsemen of the apocalypse says a writer in the indianapolis news was popularized by a novel of that name by blasco ibanez it is a story of the german invasion of france in 1914 in the panorama presented a wealthy argentinean settled in france with a passion for collecting is the central figure his family is connected with ger german ma fam families by marriage and this circumstance complicates the story the family represents the country of france under the scourge of the four horsemen war famine pestilence ti and death |