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Revelation 5:2

Revelation 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

And I saw (see on ). A strong angel; ἰσχυρόν, rendered "mighty" in . Possibly, as De Wette and others think, so called because of higher rank—De Lyra says Gabriel; but probably on account of the great voice, which sounded "as a lion roareth" ().

Proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? with a great voice. "Worthy" is ἄξιος, fit morally, as in .

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