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Revelation 10:8

in Revelation 10

Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

KJV

And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

This verse in Revelation 10

Commentary

9 notes on this verse
And the voice which I heard from heaven - Rev 10:4. This is not the voice of the angel, but a direct divine command, Said, Go and take the little book which is open, ... - That is, take it out of his hand, and do with it as you shall be commanded. There is a very strong resemblance between this passage and the account contained in Eze 2:9-10; Eze 3:1-

This site's exposition

Go, take the small scroll

on Revelation 10:8-9

The voice from heaven sends John to take the small scroll, and the angel warns him in advance, It will make your stomach bitter. Ezekiel 3:1-3 gives the pattern, a prophet eating a scroll that tasted of honey.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers2 voices

A commentator

Primasius of Hadrumetum

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 10:8 · Written before 560.

proposed

The voice from heaven is the command of God, who breathes into the heart of the church and orders her to receive from the open book that which the church is to preach before the future peace. For it seems to us that to accept …

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

And I heard a voice from heaven again, speaking. What did it say? Go, take the little scroll [βιβλίον] that is open in the hand of the angel.

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

And the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again, etc. As the Lord reveals the mysteries of the future time, saying: For the kingdom of heaven is at hand (Matthew X), the Church is also admonished to take up the same book …

A commentator

Alcuin of York

COMMENTARY ON REVELATION · Written before 804.

proposed

And the voice which I heard again speaking to me, and saying: Go, take the book from the hand of the angel who standeth upon the sea, and upon the earth. The voice that ordered him above to seal the voices of the thunders for …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the voice which I heard from heaven,....
2 more voices on this verse

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

spake . . . and said--So Syriac and Coptic read. But A, B, C, "(I heard) again speaking with me, and saying" (Greek, "lalousan . . . legousan"). little book--So Aleph and B read.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Take the little book which is open - Learn from this angel what should be published to the world.

The words behind it

34 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 30:21

    And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”

    it leads to

    • Psalms 32:8

      I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.

    • Proverbs 3:5–6

      Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

    • Isaiah 58:11

      The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

    • Isaiah 42:16

      I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These…

    • Deuteronomy 5:32

      So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

  • Through

    Revelation 10:2

    He held in his hand a small scroll, which lay open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 10:5

      Then the angel I had seen standing on the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven.

    • Ezekiel 2:9–10

      Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

    • Revelation 10:8–10

      Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on…

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About Revelation

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation and Primasius of Hadrumetum, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 10:8.