Revelation 8 Summary - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
R E V E L A T I O N.
CHAP. VIII.
We have already seen what occurred upon opening six of the seals; we now come to the opening of the seventh, which introduced the sounding of the seven trumpets; and a direful scene now opens. Most expositors agree that the seven seals represent the interval between the apostle's time and the reign of Constantine, but that the seven trumpets are designed to represent the rise of antichrist, some time after the empire became Christian. In this chapter we have, I. The preface, or prelude, to the sounding of the trumpets, ver. 1-6. II. The sounding of four of the trumpets, ver. 7, &c.).
Consult other comments:
Revelation 8:0 - Barclay Daily Study Bible
Revelation 8:0 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Revelation 8:0 - Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Revelation 8:0 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible
Revelation 8:0 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary
Revelation 8:0 - Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer's New Testament Commentary
Revelation 8:0 - English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714) was a Presbyterian minister in England who began his commentary on the Bible in 1704. He completed his work up to the end of Acts before his death. Afterwards, his ministerial friends completed the work from Henry’s notes and writings.