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6.. And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living
creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it
had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.
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7. And he came, and he taketh [it] out of the right hand of him
that sat on the throne.
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8. And when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and
the four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each one a
harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the
saints.
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9. And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the
book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou was slain, and didst purchase
unto God with thy blood [men] of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and
nation,
(epi thn dexian). "Upon the right hand" (epi, not en), the open palm.
Anthropomorphic language drawn from Ezekiel 2:9. A
book (biblion). Diminutive of bibloß, but no longer so
used, biblaridion occurring instead (Revelation 10:2).
Written (gegrammenon). Perfect passive predicate participle of
grapw. Within and on the back (eswqen kai opisqen). "Within and behind." Description of a roll like
that in Luke 4:17, not a codex as some scholars think.
Usually these papyrus rolls were written only on the inside, but this one
was so full of matter that it was written also on the back side (opisqen), and so was an opisqograpon like that in Ezekiel 2:10.
There are many allegorical
interpretations of this fact which are all beside the point. Sealed (katespragismenon). Perfect passive predicate participle of kataspragizw, old compound (perfective use of kata), to seal up
(down), here only in N.T. With seven seals (spragisin epta). Instrumental case of spragiß, old word used in various senses, proof
or authentication (1 Corinthians 9:2;
Romans
4:11), signet-ring (Revelation 7:2), impression made by the
seal (Revelation
9:4; 2 Timothy 2:19),
the seal on books closing the book (Revelation 5:1,2,5,9;
Revelation 6:1,3,5,7,9,12; Revelation 8:1).
"A will in Roman law bore the seven seals of the seven
witnesses" (Charles). But this sealed book of doom calls for no
witnesses beyond God's own will. Alford sees in the number seven merely
the completeness of God's purposes.
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Worthy to open and to loose (axioß
anoixai kai lusai). Worthy by rank
and character (cf. John 1:27) as well as by ability (edunato, verse Revelation
5:3), followed by two infinitives (first aorist active) of anoigw and luw, though ina and the
subjunctive can be used after axioß as in John 1:27. Here axioß is like ikanoß (capable,
qualified) as in Matthew 8:8. The articles here (to, taß) refer to the
book and the seals in verse Revelation 5:1. It is a husteron-proteron,
since the loosing of the seals precedes the opening of the book.
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(kai eidon). Stirred by the words of the elder in verse Isaiah 5 (idou, behold). "I beheld." In the midst (en meswi). See Isaiah 4:6 for this idiom. It is not quite clear where the Lamb was standing in the vision, whether close to the throne or in the space between the throne and the elders (perhaps implied by "came" in verse Isaiah 7, but nearness to the throne is implied by Isaiah 14:1; Acts 7:56; Hebrews 10:11). A Lamb (arnion).
Elsewhere in the N.T. o amnoß is used of Christ (John 1:29,36; Acts 8:32; 1 Peter 1:19 like Isaiah 53:7), but in the Apocalypse to arnion occurs for the Crucified Christ 29 times in twelve chapters. Standing (esthkoß). Second perfect active (intransitive of isthmi) neuter accusative singular (grammatical gender like arnion), though some MSS. read esthkwß (natural gender masculine and nominative in spite of eidon construction according to sense).
JESUS CHRIST OUR HIGH PRIEST AND VICARIOUS SACRIFICE |
HEBREWS 9:
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But Christ being come
a high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect
tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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cristoV de paragenomenoV arciereuV twn genomenwn agaqwn dia thV
meizonoV kai teleioteraV skhnhV ou ceiropoihtou tout estin ou tauthV thV
ktisewV
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Neither by the blood
of goats and calves, but by his own blood; he entered in once into the holy
place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
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oude di aimatoV tragwn kai moscwn dia de tou idiou aimatoV
eishlqen efapax eiV ta agia aiwnian lutrwsin euramenoV
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For if the blood of
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean,
sanctify to the purifying of the flesh:
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ei gar to aima tragwn kai taurwn kai spodoV damalewV rantizousa
touV kekoinwmenouV agiazei proV thn thV sarkoV kaqarothta
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How much more shall
the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without
spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
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posw mallon to aima tou cristou oV dia pneumatoV aiwniou eauton
proshnegken amwmon tw qew kaqariei thn suneidhsin hmwn apo nekrwn ergwn eiV
to latreuein qew zwnti
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And for this cause he
is the mediator of the new testament, that by means of death, for the
redemption of the transgressions that were under the first testament, they
who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
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The Holy Spirit is both Spirit of God and of Christ (Romans
8:9). Sent forth (apestalmenoi). Perfect passive predicate participle of
apostellw, masculine plural (agreeing with oi and opqalmouß in gender), but some MSS. have apestalmena agreeing with the nearer pneumata.
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