Revelation 10:10

John may have actually eaten the little book. [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 74; Mounce, p. 214.] Or he may have only devoured it metaphorically. This revelation was pleasant at first because it was a revelation from God (cf. Psalms 119:103). Still, as John meditated on it and comprehended the fearful judgments that it predicted, he became distressed. The reason for reversing the order of these effects, compared with Revelation 10:9, may be to place the bitterness in closer proximity to the judgments that follow. [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 74.] The little book may have contained the revelation in Revelation 11:1-13. [Note: F. F. Bruce, "The Revelation of John," in A New Testament Commentary, p. 649; Charles, 1:260; Lilje, p. 158; Charles R. Erdman, The Revelation of John, p. 99; Martin Rist, "The Revelation of St. John the Divine," in The Interpreter’s Bible, 12:442; Mounce, p. 216.] Or it may have contained more (perhaps chs. 11-19) or all of what follows in Revelation. [Note: Thomas, Revelation 8-22, p. 74.]