Revelation 5:1

And I saw in the right hand of him that sits on the throne, a book written within and without, sealed with seven seals.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

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 strong angel crying with a great voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?

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Cross References

Revelation 5:7And he came, and took the book out of the right hand of him that sits on the throne.

Revelation 6:1And I saw when the Lamb opened the first of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, with a voice like thunder, Come and see.

Revelation 10:8And the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again, and said: Go and take the little book that is open in the hand of the angel that stands on the sea and on the land.

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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