And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
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4 additional translationsASV
And he came, and he taketh it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.
WEB
And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
YLT
and he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne.
DBT
and it came and took [it] out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both