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Revelation 5:4

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

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And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.

Revelation 5:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Revelation 5:4

Theological / Devotional

I wept much. These words reflect John’s intense emotional reaction to the drama now passing before his eyes. What he saw and heard was very real to him.

No man. Gr. oudeis, see on v. 3.

Worthy. See on v. 2.

And to read. Textual evidence attests (cf. p. 10) the omission of these words.

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