Revelation 5:1

And I sawe in the right honde of him that sat in the trone a boke written with in and on the backside sealyd with vii. seales.

Tyndale 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 sawe a stronge angell which cryed with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales ther of.

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Cross References

Revelation 5:7And he cam and toke the boke oute of the right honde of him that sate apon the seate.

Revelation 6:1And I sawe when the lambe openyd one of the seales and I herde one of the iiii. bestes saye as it were the noyse of thonder come and se.

Revelation 10:8And the voyce which I herde from heven spake vnto me agayne and sayde: goo and take the lytle boke which ys open in the honde of the angell which stondeth apon the see and apon the erth.

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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