Revelation 10:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

Here we have, I. A strict charge given to the apostle, which was, 1. That he should go and take the little book out of the hands of that mighty angel mentioned before. This charge was given, not by the angel himself who stood upon the earth, but by the same voice from heaven that in the Rev. 10:4 had lain an injunction upon him not to write what he had discerned by the seven thunders. 2. To eat the book; this part of the charge was given by the angel himself, hinting to the apostle that before... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 10:8-11

10:8-11 And I heard the voice which I had heard from heaven speaking again to me and saying: "Go, take the little roll which lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land." And I went away to the angel and asked him to give me the little roll. He said to me: "Take it and eat it. It will be bitter to your stomach but it will be as sweet as honey to your mouth." And I took the little roll from the hand of the angel and ate it; and it was as sweet as honey to my... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 10:11

And he said unto me ,.... That is, the angel, from whom John received the little book; the Alexandrian copy reads, "they said unto me": both the voice of God the Father from heaven, that bid him take the book, and the angel that bid him eat it: thou must prophesy again before many people, and nations, and tongues, and kings ; which is to be understood not of John's preaching again to many people, and nations, after his return from his exile at Patmos, as he had done before his banishment... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 10:11

Thou must prophesy again - Thou must write, not only for the instruction of the Jews in Palestine, but of those in the different provinces, as well as the heathens and heathen emperors and potentates in general. The reader will find, on comparing this chapter with Daniel 8:1-27; Daniel 12:1-13 , and Ezekiel 2:1-3:27, that there are several things similar in both; and the writer of the Apocalypse appears to keep these two prophets continually in view. I must once more say that I do not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

The little book and its mission. In one of the most interesting chapters in Mr. Elliott's 'Horae Apocalypticae,' the correspondence between this vision of "the little book open" and the bringing forth of the open Bible at the time of the Reformation is indicated at considerable length. According, however, to the plan of exposition which alone seems to us to accord with the aim of the Apocalypse, the production of an open Bible at the Reformation was but one illustration at a particular... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

The little book; or, the sweetness and bitterness of the prophetic office. The consolation of an assured end having been given, the holy seer, and in him the Church in all ages, becomes prepared to receive tidings that shall prove "bitter" and painful. The final victory is assured. The word is "sweet as honey" in the mouth of him who receives it, which reception is represented by the figure of "eating the little book." It is sweet, for it is impossible to be an agent of God for any work... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

God's Word. "And the voice which I heard from heaven," etc. The "little book," or roll, here might be fairly taken to illustrate God's redemptive truth, or the gospel. The following thoughts are suggested. I. THIS GOSPEL IS BROUGHT TO MAN FROM HEAVEN . "The voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go, and take the little book." Redemptive truth is a special revelation to man sent by God from heaven, Men could never have reached the redemptive... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:11

And he said unto me. λὲγουσιν , "they say," is read in א , A, B, and thirty cursives, and is adopted in the Revised Version. λέγει , "he saith," is found in P and seventeen cursives. λέγουσιν leaves the speakers quite indefinite, amounting, in fact, to no more than" it was said" (Alford); cf. τρέφωσιν in Revelation 12:6 ; also Daniel 7:5 . 13. Thou must prophesy again. Thou retest, because it is laid upon thee by God's command. It is to be done again, because the seer... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 10:11

And he said unto me - The angel then said.Thou must prophesy - The word “prophesy” here is evidently used in the large sense of making known divine truth in general; not in the comparatively narrow and limited sense in which it is commonly used, as referring merely to the foretelling of future events. See the word explained in the Romans 12:6 note; 1 Corinthians 14:1 note. The meaning is, that, as a consequence of becoming possessed of the little volume and its contents, he would be called to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 10:11

Revelation 10:11 . And he said Thou hast not yet finished the whole of thy work, in what thou hast already recorded of the visions of the Lord: but thou must again prophesy before, or to, many peoples and nations, &c. Mede infers from hence, that the apostle is about to go over the same period of time that he had before been discoursing of, giving an account of the state of the church as he had just done of the state of the empire. But the new descriptions and new events to which... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 10:8-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 10:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 10:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 10:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 10:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 10:11

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