Revelation 5:1 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 5:1

Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

BSB

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ASV

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne - Of God, Rev 4:3-4. His form is not described there, nor is there any intimation of it here except the mention of his.” right hand.” The book or roll seems to have been so held in his hand that John could see its shape, and see distinctly how it was written and sealed.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

The book and its seals represent all power in heaven and earth given to Christ. A copy of this book is contained in the following chapters. By "the trumpets," contained under the seventh seal, the kingdom of the world is shaken, that it may at length become the kingdom of Christ.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thus, the seven seals, representing all power given to the Lamb; the seven trumpets, by which the world kingdoms are shaken and overthrown, and the Lamb's kingdom ushered in; and the seven vials, by which the beast's kingdom is destroyed.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Καὶ	Kai	And	G2532 →
εἶδον	eidon	I saw	G1492 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὴν	tēn	the	G3588 →
δεξιὰν	dexian	right hand	G1188 →
τοῦ	tou	of the [One]	G3588 →
καθημένου	kathēmenou	sitting	G2521 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θρόνου	thronou	throne	G2362 →
βιβλίον	biblion	a scroll	G975 →
γεγραμμένον	gegrammenon	written	G1125 →
ἔσωθεν	esōthen	inside	G2081 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὄπισθεν,	opisthen	on [the] back,	G3693 →
κατεσφραγισμένον	katesphragismenon	sealed	G2696 →
σφραγῖσιν	sphragisin	with seals	G4973 →
ἑπτά.¶	hepta	seven.	G2033 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 6:1
Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a thunderous voice, “Come!”
leads to
- Revelation 6:5
  And when the Lamb opened the third seal, I heard the third living creature say, “Come!” Then I looked and saw a black horse, and its rider held in his hand a pair of…
- Revelation 6:7
  And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth living creature say, “Come!”
- Revelation 4:5–7
  From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.
- Revelation 5:5–7
  Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Through
Isaiah 29:11
And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”
leads to
- Matthew 13:11
  He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
- Isaiah 8:16
  Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.
- Daniel 12:4
  But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
Through
Revelation 5:7
And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
leads to
- Revelation 4:2–3
  At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation