τὴν δεξιάν. Text. Rec[352] omits with A 1 36 and vg[353]

[352] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener.

[353] Vulgate.

5. τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ τὴν δεξιάν. Cf. Daniel 12:7, where the angel lifts up both hands: here, his left is occupied with the book. For the gesture symbolic of an oath see Genesis 14:22, &c.: there may be a reference to that passage intended, in the description of the Most High that follows.

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