Revelation Chapter 5 verse 7 Holy Bible
And he came, and he taketh `it' out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.
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And he came and took it out of the right hand of him who was seated on the high seat.
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and it came and took [it] out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
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And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
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Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
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and he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who is sitting upon the throne.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - And he came and took the book; or, and he came and he hath taken it. "Hath taken" is perfect (εἴληφε), while "came" is the aorist (η΅λθε). If the differ-once is intentionally significant, it renders the description somewhat more vivid. (For the consideration of the question how the Lamb could do this, see on ver. 6.) Wordsworth contrasts the spontaneous act of the Lamb in taking the book of his own accord as his right, with the call to St. John to take the little book (Revelation 10:8). Out of the right hand. The position of power and honour. He to whom all power was given in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28.) is the only One who can penetrate the mysteries and dispense the power of God's right hand. Of him that sat upon the throne; of him that sitteth. That is, the Triune God (see on Revelation 4:2). The Son in his human capacity, as indicated by his sacrificial form of the Lamb, can take and reveal the mysteries of the eternal Godhead in which he, as God, has part.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) And he came . . .--Better, And He came, and He has taken (omit the words "the book," and supply) it (i.e., the roll) out of the right hand of Him that sitteth upon the throne. There is a change of tense ("came," "has taken"), which seems to be due to the rapt attention of the seer, whose narrative trembles with his own intensity of feeling. He wept awhile ago; now he need not weep. The Lamb conquered; He came; He has taken the roll. He is the wisdom of the Church; among all pre-eminent; all things will be reconciled in Him; the purpose and meaning of all life's mysteries and sorrows will be made plain in Him. (Comp. 1Corinthians 1:24; Ephesians 1:9-10; Colossians 1:18.)
