1 A mighty strong angel appears with a book open in his hand.
6 He swears by him that lives for ever, that there shall be no more time.
9 John is commanded to take and eat the book.

another. 5,6 5:2 7:1,2 8:2-5,13 9:13,14 14:14,15

clothed. 1:7 Ex 16:10 Le 16:2 Ps 97:2 104:3 Isa 19:1 La 3:44 Da 7:13 Lu 21:27

a rainbow. 4:3 Ge 9:11-17 Isa 54:9 Eze 1:28

his face. 1:16 Da 10:6 Mt 17:2 Ac 26:13

pillars. 1:15 So 5:15

2 And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,

a little. 10 5:1-5 6:1,3 Eze 2:9,10

he set. 5,8 Ps 2:8 65:5 Pr 8:15,16 Isa 59:19 Mt 28:18 Eph 1:20-22 Php 2:10,11

3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.

loud. Pr 19:12 Isa 5:29 31:4 42:13 Jer 25:30 Joe 3:16 Am 1:2 3:8

seven. 8:5 14:2 15:1,7

4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.

I was. 1:11 2:1-3:22 Isa 8:1 Hab 2:2,3

Seal up. De 29:29 Isa 8:16 29:11 Da 8:26 12:4,9

5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,

stand. See on ver. 2

lifted. Ge 14:22 22:15,16 Ex 6:8 De 32:40 Eze 20:5,15,23,28,42 36:7 Eze 47:14 Da 12:7 Heb 6:13

by him. 1:18 4:9 Jer 10:10

who. 4:11 14:7 Ge 1:1-2:25 Ex 20:11 Ne 9:6 Ps 95:3-6 146:5 148:1-7 Jer 10:11-13 Ac 14:15 17:23 Ro 1:20

that there. Rather, 'the time should not be yet,' [chronos ouk esti eti,] that is, the time of those glorious things with which 'the mystery of God should be finished.'

16:17 Da 12:7

6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:

7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the mystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.

in the. 11:15-18

the mystery. Ro 11:25 16:25 Eph 3:3-9

as he. See on Lu 24:44-47 Ac 3:21

8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.

the voice. See on ver. 4,5 Isa 30:21

9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.

Take. Job 23:12 Jer 15:16 Eze 2:8 3:1-3,14 Col 3:6

10 And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.

sweet. Ps 19:10 104:34 119:103 Pr 16:24 Eze 3:3

my belly. Eze 2:10 3:14 *marg:

11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy again before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.

Thou. 11:9 14:6 17:15 Jer 1:9,10 25:15-30