2And 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,
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And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein; …
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
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. …
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. …
And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here we have an account of another vision the apostle was favoured with, between the sounding of the sixth trumpet and that of the seventh. And we observe, I. The person who was principally concerned in communicating this discovery to John—an angel from heaven, another mighty angel , who is so set forth as would induce one to think it could be no other than our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ! 1. He…
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