Revelation 5:1

And I saw at the right hand of him who sits on the throne a book, written inside and outside, sealed with seven seals.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And I saw a powerful agent proclaiming in a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals of it?

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:11And all vision has become to you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to a man who is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee. And he says, I cannot, for it is sealed.

Ezekiel 2:9And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me, and, lo, a roll of a book was in it,

Daniel 12:4But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end. Many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

Revelation 5:7And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who sits on the throne.

Revelation 6:1And I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals. And I heard one of the four beings saying like the sound of thunder, Come and see.

Revelation 10:8And the voice that I heard from heaven was again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the little book that has been opened in the hand of the agent who stands upon the sea and upon the earth.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:1

In the foregoing chapter the prophetical scene was opened, in the sight and hearing of the apostle, and he had a sight of God the Creator and ruler of the world, and the great King of the church. He saw God on the throne of glory and government, surrounded with his holy ones, and receiving their adorations. Now the counsels and decrees of God are set before the apostle, as in a book, which God held in his right hand; and this book is represented, I. As sealed in the hand of God, ver. 1-9 . II. As taken into the… Read the whole commentary →

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