Revelation 5:1

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

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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

2I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll, and to break its seals?"

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Cross References

Isaiah 29:11All vision has become to you like the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one who is educated, saying, "Read this, please;" and he says, "I can't, for it is sealed:"

Ezekiel 2:9When I looked, behold, a hand was put forth to me; and, behold, a scroll of a book was therein;

Daniel 12:4But you, Daniel, close up these words, and seal the book, until the time of the end. Many shall roam here and there, and knowledge shall increase."

Revelation 5:7Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

Revelation 6:1I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as with a voice of thunder, "Come!"

Revelation 10:8The voice which I heard from heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who 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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