the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Revelation 5:2
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And I saw a powerful angel, who called in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"
and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
And I sawe a stronge angell which cryed with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales therof.
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?"
And I saw a powerful angel calling in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose its seals?
I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a mighty angel who was exclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and break its seals?"
And Y say a strong aungel, prechynge with a greet vois, Who is worthi to opene the book, and to vndon the seelis of it?
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"
I saw a mighty angel ask with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
And I saw a strong angel announcing with a loud voice, "Who is worthy [having the authority and virtue] to open the scroll and to break its seals?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a strong angel saying in a loud voice, Who is able to make the book open, and to undo its stamps?
and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who [is] worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?
I also saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
And I saw a mighty angel who proclaimed with a great voice: Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a strong angel, who proclaimed with a loud voice, Who is competent to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a strong Angel proclaiming with a loude voice; Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales thereof?
And I saw a strong angel, who shouted with a loud voice: "Who is worthy to break the seals on this scroll and open it?"
I saw a powerful angel calling with a loud voice, "Who is able to open the book and to break its locks?"
and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?"
And I sawe a strong Angell which preached with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open ye booke, and to loose the seales thereof?
Then I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a strong angel, proclaiming with a loud voice: Who is worthy to open the book and to loose the seals thereof?
And I sawe a strong angell, whiche preached with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the booke, and to loose the seales therof?
And I saw a mighty angel, who announced in a loud voice, "Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?"
I also saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?”
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice: Who is worthy to open the scroll, and to loosen its seals?
and I saw a strong messenger crying with a great voice, `Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose the seals of it?'
And I sawe a stroge angell preachinge with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the boke, and to loose the seales therof?
and I saw a powerful angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof."
And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?"
Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?"
Just then a mighty angel roared, "Who is worthy to open the scroll?"
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book and to break its seals?"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
a strong: Psalms 103:20
Who: Revelation 5:5, Isaiah 29:11, Isaiah 29:12, Isaiah 41:22, Isaiah 41:23
Reciprocal: Job 41:15 - a close Isaiah 48:6 - showed John 10:15 - As Revelation 4:11 - art Revelation 5:9 - Thou art Revelation 7:2 - having Revelation 10:1 - another Revelation 18:2 - cried
Cross-References
And God created the man in his own image, In the image of God, created he him, - Male and female, created he, them.
So Yahweh God took the man, - and placed him in the garden of Eden, to till it and to keeps it.
And the man said, This, one, now, is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh! This, one shall be called Woman, for, out of a man, hath this one been taken.
Now was it not, One, who made you who had, the residue of the spirit? What, then, of that One? He was seeking a godly seed. Therefore should ye take heed to your spirit, and, with the wife of thy youth, do not thou deal treacherously.
And, he, answering, said - Did ye never read - He who created at the beginning, Male and female, made them, -
But, from the beginning of creation, male and female, made he them;
he made also, of one, every nation of men to dwell upon all the face of the earth, - marking out fitting opportunities, and the bounds of their dwelling place,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice,.... This was not the uncreated angel, Jesus Christ; for he is after spoken of as the lion of the tribe of Judah, and as the Lamb in the midst of the throne, but a created one; though who he was, whether Gabriel, as some say, because his name signifies the strong or mighty One of God, is not material to be known; angels are said to be mighty, and to excel in strength: this is called so here, chiefly with respect to his voice, which he, by reason of his great strength, exerted so loudly, as to be heard by all the creatures in heaven, and in earth, and under the earth however, this was not John the Baptist, but if a minister of the Gospel, rather some one since, making the following proclamation:
who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? suggesting, that if there was any such person, that he was desired to come, and do it; and it seems, that he must not only be one of power and ability, but of dignity and authority, a person of greatness and worth, from whence his ability arises; as he ought to be that can engage his heart to draw nigh to God, and take a book out of his right hand, this mysterious book of the Revelation, as it was indeed while sealed; and open and explain it to others, unseal it or exhibit it, as it afterwards was in the following scenes and visions, and gave a view of all that is contained in it; and not only so, but fulfil and accomplish all the prophecies in it; and who can, or is worthy to do all this, but he that sits at the right hand of God, and who is God as well as man? and this proclamation was made to stir up an earnest desire in John, and all the saints he represents, to know what was in this book; and to show the impotence of all creatures to make any discovery of it; and to illustrate, and set off with a greater foil, the glory, excellency, ability, and worth of Jesus Christ. There seems to be an allusion to the president of the temple calling to the priests under him, to attend to the several parts of service assigned them, saying unto them,
×× ×©×××, "whosoever is worthy, let him" do so and so c.
c Misna Tamid, c. 1. sect. 4. & c. 5. sect. 4. 5.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And I saw a strong angel - An angel endowed with great strength, as if such strength was necessary to enable him to give utterance to the loud voice of the inquiry. âHomer represents his heralds as powerful, robust men, in order consistently to attribute to them deep-toned and powerful voicesâ (Prof. Stuart). The inquiry to be made was one of vast importance; it was to be made of all in heaven, all on the earth, and all under the earth, and hence an angel is introduced so mighty that his voice could be heard in all those distant worlds.
Proclaiming with a loud voice - That is, as a herald or crier. He is rather introduced here as appointed to this office than as self-moved. The design undoubtedly is to impress the mind with a sense of the importance of the disclosures about to be made, and at the same time with a sense of the impossibility of penetrating the future by any created power. That one of the highest angels should make such a proclamation would sufficiently show its importance; that such an one, by the mere act of making such a proclamation, should practically confess his own inability, and consequently the inability of all of similar rank, to make the disclosures, would show that the revelations of the future were beyond mere created power.
Who is worthy to open the book, ... - That is, who is âworthyâ in the sense of having a rank so exalted, and attributes so comprehensive, as to authorize and enable him to do it. In other words, who has the requisite endowments of all kinds to enable him to do it? It would require moral qualities of an exalted character to justify him in approaching the seat of the holy God, to take the book from his hands; it would require an ability beyond that of any created being to penetrate the future, and disclose the meaning of the symbols which were employed. The fact that the book was held in the hand of him that was on the throne, and sealed in this manner, was in itself a sufficient proof that it was not his purpose to make the disclosure directly, and the natural inquiry arose whether there was anyone in the wide universe who, by rank, or character, or office, would be empowered to open the mysterious volume.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Revelation 5:2. A strong angel — One of the chief of the angelic host.
Proclaiming — As the herald of God.
To open the book, and to loose the seals — To loose the seals that he may open the book. Who can tell what this book contains? Who can open its mysteries? The book may mean the purposes and designs of God relative to his government of the world and the Church; but we, whose habitation is in the dust, know nothing of such things. We are, however, determined to guess.
