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Revelation 5:2
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?
Verse Revelation 5:2. _A STRONG ANGEL_] One of the _chief_ of the angelic host. _PROCLAIMING_] As the _herald_ of God. _TO OPEN THE BOOK, AND TO LOOSE THE SEALS_] To loose the seals that he may ope...
AND I SAW A STRONG ANGEL - An angel endowed with great strength, as if such strength was necessary to enable him to give utterance to the loud voice of the inquiry. “Homer represents his heralds as po...
Revelation 5:1 . Much has been written about the meaning of the book written within and on the back side, and sealed with seven seals. What the book contains is no secret whatever. Beginning with the...
REVELATION 5. THE VISION OF HEAVEN (_continued)._ Ch. 4 gives us the vision of the majesty and glory of God, ch. 5 the vision of the Lamb standing as though it had been slain. The theme of Revelation...
WHO IS WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK, AND TO LOOSE THE SEALS THEREOF? No man nor angel was found able to open the book. No man nor angel can read the future, and hence could not open the seals of the book...
In chap. IV. John has described his vision of the throne of God as seen through the open door of heaven. The object of that scene was not primarily to reveal the glory of him who sat upon the throne,...
THE ROLL IN THE HAND OF GOD (Revelation 5:1) _ 5:1 And in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne I saw a roll written on the front and on the back, and seated with seven seals._ We must...
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming in a great voice: "Who is good enough to open the roll, and to loosen its seals?" And there was no one in heaven, or on earth, or under the earth, who was able to...
STRONG. mighty. Greek. _ischuros._ Compare App-172. PROCLAIMING. App-121. LOUD. great. WORTHY. See App-197. LOOSE. See Revelation 5:5; Revelation 9:14; Revelation 9:15
Revelation 5:1-8. THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS...
_THE BOOK SEALED WITH SEVEN SEALS REVELATION 5:1-3:_ In Revelation five John's attention is on scroll held by the enthroned Lord. The scroll was unusual in that it was written on both sides. It was fu...
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Strauss-' Comments SECTION 13 Text Revelation 5:1-10 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a stro...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER V THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS _Text (Revelation 5:1-14)_ Introduction 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back,...
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? STRONG - (.) His voice penetrated heaven, earth, and hades (Revelation 10:1)...
__ Throne Section-The Scroll At the seventh trumpet they fall and worship, the tenor of their words showing that they are not included among His slaves the prophets or the saints (Rev_11:16). They h...
THE GLORY OF THE LAMB The Church is shown that Christ is on her side. He has overcome by suffering. Now the future is for Him and His people, and He is worshipped with the Father. 1-4. A roll of a bo...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *WORSHIP OF THE *LAMB - REVELATION 5:1-14 V1 Then I saw a *scroll on the right hand of him who sat on the *throne. There were wor...
AND I SAW A STRONG (better, _mighty)_ ANGEL PROCLAIMING WITH (or, _in)_ A LOUD VOICE, WHO IS WORTHY... — We must not let the word “worthy” pass as though it were simply equivalent to “strong enough.”...
The καὶ after ἀνοῖξαι is either epexegetic or the mark of a hysteron proteron (_cf._ the awkward οὔτε βλέπειν of 3 4, unless _look_ here means to look into the contents). The cry is a challenge rather...
THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS Revelation 5:1 This “book” is a roll of papyrus or parchment, written on each side to prevent unauthorized additions. Probably it contains the history of the successive step...
In this chapter we have John's vision of the heavenly arrangement for earthly administration. The program lies in the hand of the One who sits on the throne. It is written, but sealed, and none can kn...
A powerful angel asks who is worthy to open the book, or, as Hailey says, "literally, 'of sufficient weight,' i.e. of moral character and ability to open the book....
(1) And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. (2) And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is wor...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Title Deed I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.--George Bernard Shaw There is enough for all. The earth is a generous...
In the next Chapter we find the Lamb. A book was in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It was counsels, wielded by His power. Who could open them and bring them forth to execution? Who had t...
AND I SAW A STRONG ANGEL PROCLAIMING WITH A LOUD VOICE,.... This was not the uncreated angel, Jesus Christ; for he is after spoken of as the lion of the tribe of Judah, and as the Lamb in the midst of...
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? Ver. 2. _And I saw a strong angel_] Angels are very desirous to know the myster...
_And I saw a strong angel_, &c. I beheld in my vision an angel of chief power, as attendant upon the heavenly court, making proclamation, with a strong audible voice, to every creature; a proclamation...
LOOSE THE SEALS; so as to read the book, and make known the events described in it....
NONE FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT In the right hand of the Sovereign Ruler is seen a book sealed with seven seals, written on the inside and on the back (v. 1). It is the book of God's ju...
_ 2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?”_ A. Strong angel - It is assumed that this is one of the four living creatures...
1-7 The apostle saw in the hand of Him that sat upon the throne, a roll of parchments in the form usual in those times, and sealed with seven seals. This represented the secret purposes of God about...
There were no weak angels, but possibly this angel might, in appearance to John, look as if he were stronger than others; or rather, so judged from the great and LOUD VOICE he used. WHO IS WORTHY TO O...
Revelation 5:2 Then G2532 saw G1492 (G5627) strong G2478 angel G32 proclaiming G2784 (G5723) loud G3173 voice...
‘And I saw a strong angel proclaiming, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?' Surely there will be no problem. Here are the four living creatures who protect the throne of God and...
Revelation 5:2. The ANGEL of this verse is strong, and his VOICE IS GREAT, because his cry has to be heard in every region of the universe, in heaven, in earth, and in Hades (comp. chap. Revelation 10...
The vision upon which we enter in this chapter is beheld in the same circumstances as that of chap. 4, and is closely connected with it. The special revelation of the Apocalypse does not yet begin, an...
A STRONG ANGEL (αγγελον ισχυρον). One needed (Revelation 10:1; Revelation 18:21) "whose call could reach to the farthest limits of the universe" (Beckwith) and so "with a great voice" (εν φωνη μεγαλ...
ANGEL (_ See Scofield) - (Hebrews 1:4). _...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seven sealed books. Christ seen in His Kingly character. Angels, elders and living creatures exalt the Lamb who is King. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, strong angel, elders, f...
Revelation 5:1. _I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book,_ a large staff, with seven sheets of parchment written on both sides, and at the last coil of each parchment, a seal was...
WHO IS WORTHY? Only someone with authority could break the seals....
John sees in the hand of him that sat on the throne a book, or rather a roll, written within and on the back side and sealed with seven seals. The book in the hand of God corresponds with the first ch...
THE OPENER OF THE SEALED BOOK _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ HAVING duly conserved the honour of the one and only Lord God Almighty, attention can be again fixed on the ministry of the Living Christ...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 5:1 AND I SAW. As in Revelation 4:1, this phrase introduces a new incident in the vision. That which had been witnessed remained, but a further development now takes place....
_2 AND I SAW A STRONG ANGEL PROCLAIMING WITH A LOUD VOICE, WHO IS WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK, AND TO LOOSE THE SEALS THEREOF?_ _ 3 AND NO MAN IN HEAVEN, NOR IN EARTH, NEITHER UNDER THE EARTH, WAS ABLE T...
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a scroll that had writing both within and on the backside, and it was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a l...
Isaiah 29:11; Isaiah 29:12; Isaiah 41:22; Isaiah 41:23; Psalms 103:2
Strong. Either as being of higher rank, or with reference to the great voice. Worthy [α ξ ι ο ς]. As in John 1:27. Morally entitled....
THE LAMB IN REVELATION Revelation 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember from Exodus 12:1, how that lamb had to be kept up from the tenth to the fourteenth day, and how it had to be slain at the going d...
And I saw a strong angel — This proclamation to every creature was too great for a man to make, and yet not becoming the Lamb himself. It was therefore made by an angel, and one of uncommon eminence....
Observe, 1. Here is. proclamation made by an extraordinary angel, like an herald or officer, inquiring who was WORTHY, either in regard of AUTHORITY, or in respect of ABILITY, to open this book, and u...