Revelation 10:8 NIV

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 10:1-11

Interval before the seventh trumpet (10:1-11)During the lengthy interval before the blowing of the final trumpet, John has several other visions. First he sees a huge angel towering over land and sea, and holding a small scroll in his hand. The meaning apparently is that this angel is to make announcements that will affect the whole world. This results in a further series of visions, the seven thunders, but John is not allowed to record them (10:1-4). The angel announces that when the seventh... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 10:8

spake . . . Read. "(I heard) speaking". Same as "uttered" in Revelation 10:3 . unto = with. Greek. meta. App-104 . said = saying. little book = book. Greek. biblion. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 10:8

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.The voice from heaven ... is a frequent reference in this prophecy. Although no definite speaker is identified here, the message is to be understood as coming from God.Go take the book which is open in the hand of the angel ... Hinds pointed out that, "John himself now becomes a part of the scene,"[38] a... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Revelation 10:1-11

Revelation 10:1-11. I saw another mighty angel come down, &c.— St. John, in the conclusion of the last chapter, having touched upon the corruption of the Western church,proceedsnowtodeliversome prophesies relating to this lamentable event: but before he enters upon this subject, he, and the church with him, are prepared for it by an august and consolatory vision. Another mighty angel came down, described somewhat like the angel or Personage in the last three chapters of Daniel, and in the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Revelation 10:8

8. 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. But A and C, "the book." read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 10:8

God or Christ (Revelation 10:4) then commanded John to take the little book from the strong angel with authority over the whole planet (cf. Revelation 5:7-8). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Revelation 10:8-11

3. The instruction of the mighty angel 10:8-11 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 10:1-11

The Little BookBetween the sixth and seventh trumpets, as between the sixth and seventh seals, is an episode consisting of two visions. The first vision is related in this c.Another mighty angel (cp. Revelation 5:2), depicted as clothed with God’s power and mercy, which he is commissioned to minister, comes from heaven (Revelation 10:1), holding a little book open in his hand. The book is different from that of Revelation 5, and contains a special revelation for St. John to make: cp. Revelation... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Revelation 10:8-9

(8-9) And the voice . . .—Translate, And the voice which I heard out of the heaven (I heard it) again talking with me (it is not the angel that speaks, but the voice which had bidden him seal up the thunders is heard again speaking), and saying, Go, take the roll (or, the little roll; there is a difference in the MSS.) which is opened in the hand of the angel who stands upon the sea and upon the earth. And I went away to the angel, telling him to give me the little book. And he saith to me,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Revelation 10:1-11

Revelation 10:7 Compare Savonarola's outburst, with a similar oxymoron, in his Advent addresses to the Florentines in 1494. After a scathing exposure of Rome's iniquities, he cries: 'Hasten the chastisement and the scourge, that we may quickly return to Thee.... The only hope that now remains to us, is that the sword of God may soon smite the earth.' Reference. X. 8. A. Whyte, Christian World Pulpit, vol. xliii. p. 403. Revelation 10:10 Although Divine inspiration must certainly have been... read more