Revelation 5:1-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:4

And I wept much ,.... Not so much on his own account, because he feared his curiosity would not be gratified, and that strong desire answered, which were raised in him upon sight of the book, and increased by the angel's proclamation; but for the sake of the church of God, whose representative he was, and to whom the knowledge of this book, and the things contained in it, he judged must be very useful and profitable. The Ethiopic version reads, "and many wept"; many of those that were about... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:5

And one of the elders said unto me ,.... The Ethiopic version reads, "one of these elders"; that is, one of the four and twenty elders that were round about the throne; not the first of the four and twenty books of the Old Testament; nor the patriarch Jacob, because of the prophecy concerning Shiloh, Judah's son, which stands in Genesis 49:10 , nor Moses, who spoke of the Messiah as the great prophet of the church; nor John the Baptist, who pointed out the Lamb of God; these are all... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:6

And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts ,.... These words, "in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts", are left out in the Syriac version: and in the midst of the elders stood a Lamb ; John, upon the intimation given him by the elder, lift up his eyes, and with great earnestness looked about, and saw the person he pointed at, though not in the form of a lion, but in the appearance of a lamb, to which Christ, both in the Old and New Testament, is... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 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... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:8

And when he had taken the book ,.... The Vulgate Latin version reads, "when he had opened the book", very wrongly; for the opening of it by unloosing the seals, one after another, is hereafter mentioned, in Revelation 6:1 , but when it was observed, that the Lamb took the book, and his commission to open, unseal, and fulfil it, the four beasts, and four and twenty elders, fell down before the Lamb ; by way of religious worship and adoration of him; which shows that he was not a mere... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:9

And they sung a new song ,.... Upon a new occasion and subject, redemption by the blood of the Lamb, and his worthiness to open the sealed book; and in distinction from the old song of Moses and the children of Israel at the Red sea; and this was a most famous and excellent song, an unheard of one, and which none could learn, or sing, but the redeemed of the Lamb: saying, thou art worthy to take the book, and open the seals thereof . The Arabic version reads, "thou, O Lamb"; the reasons... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:10

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests ,.... See Gill on Revelation 1:6 . The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, and the Syriac, Arabic, and the Ethiopic versions, read "them", instead of "us": and we shall reign on the earth ; meaning not merely in a spiritual sense, through grace reigning over sin and corruption, through Satan being bruised under their feet, and through the victory they have in Christ over the world, but in the millennium state, in the thousand... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:11

And I beheld, and heard the voice of many angels ,.... Immaterial spirits, made by Christ, and worshippers of him, and ministering spirits to him and his, the holy and elect angels, who are confirmed in their state by Christ; these John beheld in a visionary way, and heard the voices and articulate sounds formed by them; and there were many of them; how many there are, or were here, cannot be said; we read of a multitude of heavenly host that appeared at the incarnation of Christ, and of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:12

Saying with a loud voice ,.... To signify their zeal, fervour, and affection for Christ, and to make a free, open, and public acknowledgment of him, and that all might hear of his worthiness, and of the praise and glory that were due unto him: worthy is the Lamb that was slain ; they address him as the Lamb, and not as the Lord of lords, and their Lord; and speak of him as having been slain, and celebrate the virtue and efficacy of his sufferings and death, and ascribe his worthiness to... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 5:13

And every creature which is in heaven ,.... Animate or inanimate, angels, and the spirits of just men made perfect, sun, moon, and stars, and the fowls of the air: and on the earth ; men and beasts, and every creeping thing, mountains, hills, fruitful trees, and all cedars: and under the earth: in the bowels of it, metals, minerals, and everything of that kind: and such as are in the sea ; that sail in ships upon the mighty waters, and fishes great and small that are therein: and... read more

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