The chapter has three sections:
1. the opening of the first four seals; these four have horses with riders in common (Revelation 6:1–8);
2. the opening of the fifth seal with the vision of the souls under the altar (Revelation 6:9–11);
3. the opening of the sixth seal (Revelation 6:12–17).
1 Now I watched when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”