Revelation 5:2

I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?

In Context

1I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.

3No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.

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Cross References

Psalms 103:20Praise the LORD, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfil his word, obeying the voice of his word.

Isaiah 41:22“Let them announce and declare to us what will happen! Declare the former things, what they are, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or show us things to come.

Revelation 10:1I saw a mighty angel coming down out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face was like the sun, and his feet 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 →

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