Revelation 5:2
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
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In Context
3No one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to read it.
Cross References
Psalms 103:20Give praise to Yahweh, you his angels, 1 you mighty ones who are strong and do his word, 1 and obey the sound of his word. 1
Isaiah 41:22Let them bring us their own arguments; have them come forward and declare to us what will happen, 1 so we may know these things well. 1 Have them tell us of earlier predictive declarations, so we can reflect on them and know how they were fulfilled. 1
Revelation 10:1Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven. He was robed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun and his feet were like pillars of fire.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:2-6
The Sealed Book. ( a. d. 95.) 1 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. 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. 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… Read the whole commentary →