Revelation 5:3 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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³And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.

Revelation 5:3 —

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Revelation 5:13
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Romans 11:34
For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
Isaiah 40:13-14
Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? …
Isaiah 41:28
For I beheld, and there was no man; even among them, and there was no counsellor, that, when I asked of them, could answer a word.

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Angel (a Spirit)Atonement Plan of Salvation Salvation Sanctification Sin

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

Hitherto the apostle had seen only the great God, the governor of all things, now, I. He is favoured with a sight of the model and methods of his government, as they are all written down in a book which he holds in his hand; and this we are now to consider as shut up and sealed in the hand of God. Observe, 1. The designs and methods of divine Providence towards the church and the world are stated…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 3)

3. no man--Greek, “no one.” Not merely no man, but also no one of any order of beings. in earth--Greek, “upon the earth.” under the earth--namely, in Hades. look thereon--to look upon the contents, so as to read them.