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I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?"
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A Challenge for All Creation
Commentators note that a "strong angel" proclaims with a "loud voice" to signify the universal scope and immense importance of the question. The challenge is issued to all of heaven, earth, and under the earth, emphasizing that the contents of the sealed scroll are of cosmic significance, yet no created being is initially found who can answer the call.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And I saw a strong angel. An angel endowed with great strength, as if such strength was necessary to enable him to give utterance to the l…
A strong angel (αγγελον ισχυρον). One needed (10:1; 18:21) "whose call could reach to the farthest limits of the universe" (Beckwi…
19th Century
Anglican
And I saw a strong (better, mighty) angel proclaiming with (or, in) <…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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