And I saw (κα ειδον). As in 4:1; 5:1. The vision unfolds without anything being said about opening the book and reading from it. I…

CHAPTER VI

ANALYSIS OF THE CHAPTER

This chapter contains an account of the opening of six of the seven seals. It hardly needs to be s…

And I saw when the Lamb (the diminutive form of Lamb is still used) ... —The words “and see” are doubtfu…

And I saw, when the Lamb opened one of the seals
Of the sealed book; one of the seven seals of it, as read the Alexa…

Christ, the Lamb, opens the first seal: observe what appeared. A rider on a white horse. By the going forth of this white horse, a time of peace, o…