Revelation 5:1

AND I saw on the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a volume of a book written within, and on the back sealed with seven seals.

Thomas Haweis 1795 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 mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to break the seals thereon?

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Cross References

Revelation 5:7and he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that was seated upon the throne.

Revelation 6:1AND I saw when the lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard one of the four living beings, saying, as with a voice of thunder, Come, and see.

Revelation 10:8And the voice which I heard out of heaven again spoke to me, and said, Go take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon 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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