In the right hand (επ την δεξιαν). "Upon the right hand" (επ, not εν), the open palm. Anthropomorphic language drawn from Eze 2:9f…

CHAPTER V

ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER

This chapter introduces the disclosure of future events. It is done in a manner eminently suited to…

And I saw in the right hand . . .—Better, And I saw on (not “in; ” the roll lay on the open palm of the hand) the rig…

The opening of the seals continues the vision begun in chs. 4–5. Now the scene shifts to events on earth. Before the exposition of each of the seal…

And I saw on the right hand of him that sat on the throne ,
&c.] Of this throne, and who it was that sat upon it, (<…

The apostle saw in the hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll, in the form usual in those times, sealed with seven seals. This represented the …