"Commentary on Revelation 5:5". Christ’s death sealed Satan’s doom. Use this reference information to gain deeper insight into the Bible and enrich your understanding. Together the Christians, who were saved before the Tribulation, Follow either of the two large buttons below to see these verses in their broader context of the King James Bible or a Bible concordance. Revelation 5:5 And one of the elders saith unto me, weep not: Behold the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. The elders round God's throne know better than John, still in the flesh, Christ's far-reaching power. (Jesus Christ), “took the book”, the weeping ended and praise erupted in the And “As the ‘root’ of David, He existed before David, that is, He is eternal. force will compel the wicked of the earth to succumb to His authority. Where would the Lamb, Jesus, be but in the midst? This scroll seems to symbolize the judgment of God on sin and wickedness (Revelation 5:1–2). 3:3; 1 Peter 1:18-19; 2 "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Unabridged". And 1865-1868. "[19] For a further discussion of these things see under Revelation 3:7b. BibliographyBullinger, Ethelbert William.  email us at: Calov.

: i. e. the branch or sucker come up from the ancient root, and so representing it: not, as Calov., al., the Divine root which brought forth David,—to which Vitringa also approaches very near:—for the evident design here is to set forth Christ as sprung from the tribe of Judah and lineage of David, and His victory as His exaltation through suffering, Revelation 5:6), conquered (as De W. well remarks, this word needs no comparison with any Hebrew usage to explain it (so Vitringa: “vox Hebræa זכה circa recentiora tempora reip. 10; Ezekiel 19:11-12; Ezekiel 19:14); hence the combination with the idea of “sceptre” ( ἐνίκησεν, cf. The victory of Christ in Revelation 5:5 f. follows dramatically upon the allusion in Revelation 3:21, but it is to press the sequence too far when this scene is taken to represent his arrival in heaven “just after the accomplishment of his victory” (Briggs). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/heg/revelation-5.html. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” 3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. Revelation 5:9 "And they sung a new song, saying, The mighty Lion proved able to save both, and forthwith John was strong in his strength. He is at once "the branch" and "the root" of David, David's Son and David's Lord, the Lamb slain, therefore the Lion of Juda: about to reign over Israel, and thence over the whole earth. It should be borne in is not so much “a new and poetic mode,”(1884) as is contradicted by the mode of statement in the Apoc.,(1885) and because not only the correlation of the designations of the victor, ὁ λέων, ὁ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς ἰοῦδα, ἡ ρίζα δαυΐδ, but also the words, Revelation 5:9, which may be regarded as an authentic interpretation of the mode of expression in Revelation 5:5, are decisive for the second of the explanations previously mentioned. Genesis 49:9. ἡ ῥίζα Δαυείδ. BibliographyWesley, John.
Information based on Strong's Exhaustive Concordance[1]. 12 Robert Anderson, The Coming Prince (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Publications, 1957), 173. "Commentary on Revelation 5:5". Peter 2:1). https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/whe/revelation-5.html. Cf. “Vials full of odors”: These golden, wide-mouth saucers were common in the Ex. 5 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals. When "THE LION OF THE TRIBE OF JUDAH" depicts Christ in His STRENGTH. "Vincent's Word Studies in the New Testament". One oldest manuscript, B, reads, "He that openeth," that is, whose office it is to open, but the weight of oldest authorities is with English Version reading, namely, A, Vulgate, Coptic, and Origen. Who has all power and who knows all about humankind. 1:29). This is an unusual thing here, for Jesus is the Right Hand This expression would connect him directly with David, the great and glorious monarch of Israel, and as having a right to occupy his throne. Therefore, having gained such a victory, He is worthy to open the book which records its issues.

But there seems also a reference to the deeper thought that He who is the Branch is also the Root (comp. American Tract Society. And one of the elders said unto me. Return to Revelation Menu  |  Corresponding to the ἰδού is the καὶ εὶδον, κ. τ. λ., Revelation 5:6; there John directs his look to the Lamb, to whom the elders had pointed him. The deictic ἰδού intensifies the pictorial vividness of the description.

49. one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Revelation chapter 5 continues the vision of chapter 4. Mark 12:35 with John 8:42); the prophets have described Him as the Branch, which would spring from the ancient stock (Isaiah 11:1; Zechariah 6:12). In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely; now this is His name by which He will be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.” (Jer. See Revelation 5:5 with its adjacent verses in bold below. As by Adam came sin, so by Christ came redemption. and a little after, Messiah, the son of David, who is "a lion", shall be on his right hand, and Messiah, the son of Joseph, who is an ox, on his left hand; so the word of the Lord frequently, in the Chaldee paraphrase, is said to be a lion (g).

33:14-17, Jer. What does this verse really mean? The elder having shut the floodgate of the Apostle's sorrow, he bids him attend diligently to what he had to say unto him. _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-10273872-1']); BibliographyHengstenberg, Ernst. 1851. The Root of David; see note to chap Revelation 22:16. BibliographyWhedon, Daniel. But, according to that word of the dying patriarch, Judah must one day find his culmination in the Messiah. These

In this case, it almost certainly is a And as the ‘offspring’ or descendant of David, He is the rightful Heir to the throne of David, and the One who will fulfill the covenanted blessings promised to David.”—Mal Couch, ed., California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information.
Only Jesus, David's rightful descendant and heir to the throne if Israel, was legally entitled to open the scroll and launch the judgments it contained. They perhaps, if opened one