‘And I wept much because no one was found worthy to open the book or to read it.'
What tension John is under. He has seen things beyond the imaginations of men, and now he sees the book of the destiny of Heaven and earth, and it remains sealed because no one can open it. No wonder he breaks down and weeps.
Verse Revelation 5:4. _I WEPT MUCH_] Because the world and the Church were likely to be deprived of the knowledge of the contents of the book....
AND I WEPT MUCH, BECAUSE NO MAN WAS FOUND WORTHY ... - Greek, as in Revelation 5:3, no one. It would seem as if there was a pause to see if there were any response to the proclamation of the angel. Th...
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...
AND. WEPT MUCH. When John learned that there was no created being who could unfold what the book contained he wept. He was an exile, filled with anxiety for the fate of the persecuted church, and he...
"And," continues John, "I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and read the book, neither to look thereon." The exiled apostle is filled with anxiety to penetrate the secrets of futurity...
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...
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...
WEPT. was weeping. AND TO READ. Texts omit....
_And I_ The pronoun is emphatic: "no one could open it: I for my part wept for the impossibility." _Why_he wept will be variously explained, according to the view taken of the meaning of the Book. If...
Revelation 5:1-8. THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS...
ΚΑῚ [ἘΓῺ]. The pronoun if genuine is emphatic: “no one could open it: I for my part wept for the impossibility.” _Why_ he wept will be variously explained, according to the view taken of the meaning o...
_THE BOOK OPENED BY THE LION OF JUDAH REVELATION 5:4-8:_ John wept when on one was found to open the little book. God had promised John that He would show him things that would shortly come to pass. A...
ΈΚΛΑΙΟΝ _impf. ind._ act_ от ΚΛΑΊΩ (G2799) кричать, рыдать, плакать. Это слово часто обозначало профессиональное оплакивание (Ford). _Impf._ изображает длительное действие, ΕΥΡΈΘΗ _aor. ind. pass. от...
AND I WEPT MUCH— "And as I had an earnest desire to know the contents, and had pleased myself with a secret expectation that some extraordinary discovery was to be made to me and to the church from th...
_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,...
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...
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. AND TO READ. B, 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, Origen, Cyprian, Hilary omit. To read would be awkward b...
__ 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 WEPT MUCH, BECAUSE NO MAN (BETTER, NO ONE) WAS FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN... THE BOOK (OMIT, “AND TO READ”). — The Apostle is not ashamed to call attention to his tears. I, indeed, for my part (the “I...
A naïve expression of disappointment, the expectation of Revelation 4:1 being apparently thwarted. The sense of consolation and triumph is so strong in this book that no tears are shed in self-pity. T...
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...
John here feels the deep sorrow all who would live with God in eternity must feel without Christ. There is no other worthy to carry out God's great plan. The word "wept" here is the same one used when...
(4) And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. (5) And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, th...
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 WEPT MUCH,.... Not so much on his own account, because he feared his curiosity would not be gratified, and that strong desire answered, which were raised in him upon sight of the book, and incre...
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. Ver. 4. _And I wept_] Out of a deep desire of knowing the contents of this book. And as our Sav...
_And I wept much_ Being greatly affected with the thought that no being whatsoever was to be found able to understand, reveal, and accomplish the divine counsels, fearing they would still remain conce...
LOOK THEREON; so as to learn what it contained....
CHRIST, THE LION AND THE LAMB, PRAISED WITH A NEW SONG. The book sealed with seven seals:...
AND I WEPT MUCH BECAUSE NO MAN WAS FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN AND TO READ THE BOOK, NEITHER TO LOOK THEREON. This is a continuation of the second vision and again presents the majesty of God together with H...
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...
_ 4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read the scroll, or to look at it._ A. John wept. He was searching for answers. The answers are in this book. John can’t just walk up t...
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...
As it is the nature of man to desire to know secret and hidden things, especially such as we apprehend of concernment to ourselves, or those whom we love, or are interested in it; and to be troubled,...
Revelation 5:4 So G2532 I G1473 wept G2799 (G5707) much G4183 because G3754 one G3762 found G2147 ...
Revelation 5:4. AND I WEPT MUCH. There is nothing in this weeping inconsistent with the fact that a revelation had been promised (chap. Revelation 4:1). That promise is already in course of being fulf...
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...
I WEPT MUCH (εγω εκλαιον πολυ). Imperfect active of κλαιω, picturesque, descriptive, I kept on weeping much; natural tense in these vivid visions (Revelation 1:12; Revelation 2:14; Revelation 5:4;...
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...
I CRIED BITTERLY. John, _in the vision,_ feels the dismay of Creation as God's Scroll remains sealed....
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....
_4 AND I WEPT MUCH, BECAUSE NO MAN WAS FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN AND TO READ THE BOOK, NEITHER TO LOOK THEREON_. By what John wrote in his other books of the New Testament he knew salvation would come thro...
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...
Daniel 12:8; Daniel 12:9; Revelation 4:1...
I wept [ε κ λ α ι ο ν]. Audible weeping. See on Luke 6:21....
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 wept much — A weeping which sprung from greatness of mind. The tenderness of heart which he always had appeared more clearly now he was out of his own power. The Revelation was not written witho...