And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll, a parchment loose or unrolled moving through the air; the length thereof is twenty cubits and the breadth thereof ten cubits, the dimensions approximately ten yards by five yards.
AND HE - (the interpreting angel) said unto me It cannot be without meaning, that the dimensions of the roll should be those of the tabernacle , as the last vision was that of the candlestick, after t...
CHAPTER 5 _ 1. The sixth vision (Zechariah 5:1) _ 2. The seventh vision (Zechariah 5:5) Zechariah 5:1. The three remaining night visions are of a different character. The first visions the prophet h...
A FLYING, _I.E._ UBIQUITOUS ROLL CONTAINING AN EFFECTUAL CURSE AGAINST THIEVES AND PERJURERS. In ZECHARIAH 5:3_ b_ RV does violence to the Heb. Wellhausen with a slight emendation reads: for everyone...
CUBITS. See App-51....
_the length thereof_&c. The roll was unfolded and opened out. The dimensions of the roll seem merely to be mentioned as an expression of the prophet's wonder at its size. The beholder of such a strang...
CHAPTER XXXII A VISION OF A FLYING SCROLL Zechariah 5:1-4 RV. Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll. And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a fly...
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. I SEE A FLYING ROLL; THE LENGTH THEREOF IS TWENTY...
THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH VISIONS 1-4. A flying roll inscribed with curses comes down upon the earth. The previous visions had promised many blessings to the people; and the sixth and seventh teach that...
HE] the attendant angel who is God's immediate messenger to Zechariah. TWENTY CUBITS] over 30 ft....
A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15. Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents recorded in Zechariah 1:7 to...
HE. — The angel-interpreter. (Comp. Zechariah 5:5.) THE LENGTH... AND THE BREADTH... — These were the dimensions of the holy place of the Mosaic Tabernacle, also of the porch of Solomon’s Temple. If,...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י מָ֥ה אַתָּ֖ה רֹאֶ֑ה וָ
THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7; Zechariah 2:1; Zechariah 3:1; Zechariah 4:1;...
THE SIXTH VISION: THE WINGED VOLUME Zechariah 5:1 The religious and political obstacles being now removed from the future of Israel, Zechariah in the next two Visions beholds the land purged of its...
THE VISION OF THE FLYING ROLL Zechariah 5:1-11 This huge sheet of parchment, 30 by 15 feet, was covered with the solemn curses of the Law, on one side against the thief and on the other against false...
The vision of the flying roll represents the principle of law as it will be administered by Israel when she fulfils the true ideal. It must be considered as a sequence following the realization of tho...
And he said to me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying (a) scroll; its length [is] twenty cubits, and its breadth ten cubits. (a) Because the Jews had provoked God's plagues by condemning...
_Cubits, alluding to Judea, which was twice as long as it was broad. (Menochius) --- Many explain this vision and that of the woman, (ver. 7) of the Jews, (Calmet) after St. Jerome. (Haydock) --- But...
"Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. (2) And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof is twenty cubits, and t...
Lectures on the Minor Prophets. W. Kelly. Zechariah was plainly a contemporary of Haggai. Like him he dates his prophecies from the second imperial power of the Gentiles; but he goes a great deal far...
He afterwards adds, that he was _asked by the angel what he saw_. He might indeed have said, that a roll flying in the air appeared to him, but he did not as yet understand what it meant; hence the an...
Chapter 5 shews us the other side of the picture, that is to say, the judgment of the wicked in Israel in the last days. The prophet sees an immense roll filled with a curse for the wicked, for those...
AND HE SAID UNTO ME,.... That is, the angel: WHAT SEEST THOU? AND I ANSWERED, I SEE A FLYING ROLL, THE LENGTH WHEREOF [IS] TWENTY CUBITS, AND THE BREADTH THEREOF TEN CUBITS; so that it was a very lar...
And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flying roll; the length thereof [is] twenty cubits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. Ver. 2. _What seest thou?_] _q.d._ Mark it well,...
_The length thereof is twenty cubits_, &c. Such scrolls for writing were usually longer than they were broad; so this was represented as ten yards in length, and five in breadth. The roll was very lar...
THE SIXTH VISION - A FLYING SCROLL (vv. 1-4) The five previous visions have beautifully emphasized the grace of God in His restoring great blessing to Israel after years of sorrow and desolation. Th...
1-4 The Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are rolls, in which God has written the great things of his law and gospel; they are flying rolls. God's word runs very swiftly, Psalms 147:15. This fl...
AND HE; the angel, MALACHI 4:1,5. WHAT SEEST THOU, O ZECHARIAH? THE LENGTH THEREOF IS TWENTY CUBITS; that is, ten yards long; by this it appears the roll was spread out, for had it been rolled up he c...
Zechariah 5:2 said H559 (H8799) see H7200 (H8802) answered H559 (H8799) see H7200 (H8802) flying...
THE SIXTH VISION. THE FLYING SCROLL - GOD'S MORAL DEMANDS GO FORTH TO BRING JUDGMENT (ZECHARIAH 5:1). Together with the establishment of the High Priesthood and the building of the Temple, it is neces...
CONTENTS: Vision of the flying roll and the ephah. CHARACTERS: God, Zechariah, angel. CONCLUSION: God's holy law reveals the righteous wrath of God against those who by swearing, affront God's majes...
Zechariah 5:2. _What seest thou? I see a flying roll._ Hebrews _meghilla,_ a parchment, a terrific scroll, twenty cubits in length, and ten in breadth, an oblong in measure like the courts of the temp...
_And I turned. .. and looked, and behold a flying roll _ THE FLYING ROLL The object of this discourse is to present to you the Scriptures as a phenomenon of the world around us. Consider them as an...
ZECHARIAH—NOTE ON ZECHARIAH 5:1 The sixth vision is of a gigantic SCROLL, 30 by 15 feet (9 by 4.5 m), flying in midair. The scroll is a covenant document, like the tablets Moses received from the Lord...
CRITICAL NOTES.] FLYING ROLL] Vision sixth. ZECHARIAH 5:2.] Ten yards long and five yards broad. The size intended to indicate the number of curses contained; and FLYING] The velocity of judgments up...
EXPOSITION ZECHARIAH 5:1 § 8. _The sixth vision: the flying roll._ ZECHARIAH 5:1 THEN I TURNED, AND LIFTED UP MINE EYES; _i.e. _I lifted up mine eyes again, and saw the vision that follows. The pro...
So then I turned, and I lifted up my eyes, and I beheld a flying roll (Zechariah 5:1). Now this must have been a weird looking sight, a flying saucer kind of a thing. And he said unto me, What do you...
2 Peter 2:3; Amos 7:8; Genesis 6:11; Jeremiah 1:11; Revelation 18:5;...