Revelation 5:1

And I saw lying in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a book written on both sides and closely sealed with seven seals.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 a mighty angel who was exclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?"

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Cross References

Revelation 5:7So He comes, and now He has taken the book out of the right hand of Him who is seated on the throne.

Revelation 6:1And when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals I saw it, and I heard one of the four living creatures say, as if in a voice of thunder, "Come."

Revelation 10:8Then the voice which I had heard speaking from Heaven once more addressed me. It said, "Go and take the little book which lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing 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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