Revelation 5:7

And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
And	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
came	ἦλθεν ēlthen	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — second aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular
and	καὶ kai	G2532	and · conjunction
took	εἴληφεν eilēphen	G2983	while G138 (αἱρέομαι) is more violent · verb — second perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular
book	βιβλίον biblion	G975	a roll · noun — accusative singular neuter
of	ἐκ ek	G1537	literal or figurative · preposition
hand	δεξιᾶς dexias	G1188	the right side or (feminine) hand (as that which usuall… · adjective — genitive singular feminine
him	τῆς tēs	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — genitive singular feminine
sat	καθημένου kathēmenou	G2521	and (to sit · verb — present middle or passive deponent participle, genitive singular masculine
upon	ἐπὶ epi	G1909	properly · preposition
throne	θρόνου. thronou	G2362	a stately seat ("throne") · noun — genitive singular masculine

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Cross-references

Revelation 5:1 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 4:2-3 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:6–end

Here, I. The apostle beholds this book taken into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to its being unsealed and opened by him. Here Christ is described, 1. By his place and station: In the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and of the elders. He was on the same throne with the Father; he was nearer to him than either the elders or ministers of the churches. Christ, as man and Mediator, is subordinate to God the Father, but is nearer to him than all the creatures; for in him all the fulness of the Godhead dwells bodily. The ministers stand between God and the people. Christ stands as the Mediator between God and both ministers and people. 2. The form in which he appeared. B…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 5:7

The book lay on the open hand of Him that sat on the throne for any to take who was found worthy [ALFORD]. The Lamb takes it from the Father in token of formal investiture into His universal and everlasting dominion as Son of man. This introductory vision thus presents before us, in summary, the consummation to which all the events in the seals, trumpets, and vials converge, namely, the setting up of Christ's kingdom visibly. Prophecy ever hurries to the grand crisis or end, and dwells on intermediate events only in their typical relation to, and representation of, the end.

Adam Clarke on Revelation 5:7

He came and took the book - This verse may be properly explained by John, Joh 1:18. No man hath seen God at any time; the only-begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath Declared him. With Jesus alone are all the counsels and mysteries of God.

John Gill on Revelation 5:7

And he came,.... He drew nigh to the throne of God, he engaged his heart to approach unto him, and came up even to his seat, which a mere creature, without a Mediator, cannot do: and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne; See Gill on Revelation 5:1; it being given unto him, as in Revelation 1:1; and a commission and authority to open it, and make it manifest to others, and to accomplish the several events, in the several periods of time, it points unto.

The Church Fathers

And He came and took, that is the little scroll, from the right hand of the One seated on the throne. Therefore, when all those in heaven and on earth, and under the earth, wondered to open the little scroll or to look into it as it had been seen before, only Christ, the Son of God, who for us and through us became and remains what He was, took the little scroll.
— Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation

And he came and took the book out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. The book from the right hand of God, the dispensation itself of the Incarnation, is said to have been received by the Son of Man from the Father and from Himself, according to what He is as God, because both, along with the Holy Spirit, dwell on the throne. For Christ, who is the Lamb in humanity, is Himself the right hand of the Father in Deity.
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

To be sure, the Lamb is the assumed man who for our salvation willingly offered himself over to death. Worthily he received the scroll, that is, the power of all the works of God, and from the right hand of him who is seated on the throne, that is, he received all things from God the Father, as he himself said: "All which the Father has is mine." Then did he receive this scroll, when rising from the dead he showed the mystery of the Trinity, which had been hidden from the ages, and revealed it to the world.
— Apringius of Beja, TRACTATE ON THE APOCALYPSE 5:7

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Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 5:7

Adam Clarke on Revelation 5:7

John Gill on Revelation 5:7

The Church Fathers

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 5:7

Adam Clarke on Revelation 5:7

John Gill on Revelation 5:7

The Church Fathers

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 5:6