John Gill Commentary Zechariah 5:1

"Then again I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, a flying roll." — Zechariah 5:1 (ASV)

Then I turned, and lift up mine eyes, and looked The prophet turned himself from looking upon the candlestick and olive branches, having had a full and clear understanding of them, and looked another way, and saw another vision: and behold a flying roll , a volume or book flying in the air; it being usual for books, which were written on parchment, to be rolled up in the form of a cylinder; from which they were called rolls or volumes.