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Revelation 5:1 KJV
Revelation · chapter 5 · verse 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.Revelation 5:1 · King James Version
Revelation 5:1 in context
1And 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.
2And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
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Key words (Strong's)
- backsideopisthenfrom behind, on the back, behind, afterG3693 →
- writtengraphōto write, with reference to the form of the letters, to delineate letters on a tablet…G1125 →
- thronethronosa throne seat, a chair of state having a footstool, assigned in the NT to kings, hence…G2362 →
- withinesōthenfrom within, within, that which is within, the inside, your soulG2081 →
- sealedkatasphragizōto cover with a seal, to close up, close with a sealG2696 →
- sevenheptasevenG2033 →
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Hitherto the apostle had seen only the great God, the governor of all things, now, I. He is favoured with a sight of the model and methods of his government, as they are all written down in a book which he holds in his hand; and this we are now to consider as shut up and sealed in the hand of God. Observe, 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5