He taketh (ειληφεν). Perfect active indicative of λαμβανω, not used for the aorist (cf. ηλθεν, he came), but vivid dramatic pictur…

And he came and took the book out of the right hand (Revelation 5:7), and so on. It was as if it belonged to Him by virtue of …

And he came... — A better rendering is: And He came, and He has taken (omitting the words “the book,” and supplying inste…

John goes even further. He enumerates each of the twelve tribes and their number: “From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed,” etc. Why was it nec…

And he came
He drew nigh to the throne of God, he engaged his heart to approach unto him, and came up even to his se…

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 …