Cambridge Greek Testament Commentary
Revelation 5:9-14
THE NEW SONG
THE NEW SONG
REVELATION 5:9 tw/| qew|/ {A} Although the evidence for tw|/ qew|/ is slight (A eth), this reading best accounts for the origin of the others. Wishing to provide hvgo,rasaj with a more exactly determ...
Verse Revelation 5:9. _A NEW SONG_] Composed on the matters and blessings of the Gospel, which was just now opened on earth. But _new song_ may signify a _most excellent song_; and by this the Gospel...
AND THEY SUNG A NEW SONG - Compare Revelation 14:3. New in the sense that it is a song consequent on redemption, and distinguished therefore from the songs sung in heaven before the work of redemption...
Revelation 5:1 . Much has been written about the meaning of the book written within and on the back side, and sealed with seven seals. What the book contains is no secret whatever. Beginning with the...
REVELATION 5. THE VISION OF HEAVEN (_continued)._ Ch. 4 gives us the vision of the majesty and glory of God, ch. 5 the vision of the Lamb standing as though it had been slain. The theme of Revelation...
AND THEY SUNG. NEW SONG. It is new because it celebrates. new triumph of Christ who had been deemed worthy to hold and to open the book; that is, to control and to reveal the future, as the book is t...
The evidence for the current view rests solely upon the formerly accepted text of the Doxology (song), in which the living beings and the elders are represented as uniting, (Chapter 5:10, 11.) Critici...
THE ROLL IN THE HAND OF GOD (Revelation 5:1) _ 5:1 And in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne I saw a roll written on the front and on the back, and seated with seven seals._ We must...
And the Lamb came and received the roll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. When it had received the roll, the four living creatures fell before the Lamb and so did the twenty-fou...
NEW SONG. See Revelation 14:3. NEW. See Matthew 9:17. HAST REDEEMED. didst purchase. REDEEMED. Greek. _agorazo._ Always "buy", except here and Revelation 14:3;...
The New Song, Revelation 5:9-13 9. _And they sung_ Should be THEY SING. It may be only an historic present, but perhaps, though to the Seer the song of adoration appeared to begin now, and to stop in...
_THE REDEEMER RECEIVES PRAISE FROM MANY REVELATION 5:9-11:_ When the Redeemer takes the scroll, the response is immediate. The angels and redeemed ones join together in worship of the Lamb. They sang...
ΦΔΟΥΣΙΝ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΣΊΔΩ (G103) петь. В эллинистический период в _греч._ мире появился новый музыкальный жанр. В больших амфитеатрах стали устраиваться концерты с участием громадных хоров и...
DISCOURSE: 2507 THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS OPENED BY JESUS CHRIST Revelation 5:6. And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb...
AND THEY SUNG A NEW SONG,— Excellent in its kind, and composed on a much greater occasion, and in much sublimer strains of divine harmony, than those which the priests and Levites sung in the temple o...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ The Heavenly Doxologies Text (Revelation 5:9-14) These elders sang a new song; new, because it is in praise of a new triumph of Christ, who has been found worthy to open the s...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 13 Text Revelation 5:1-10 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a stro...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER V THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS _Text (Revelation 5:1-14)_ Introduction 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back,...
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and...
__ Throne Section-The Scroll At the seventh trumpet they fall and worship, the tenor of their words showing that they are not included among His slaves the prophets or the saints (Rev_11:16). They h...
5:9 redeemed (k-27) Or 'bought,' as ch. 14.3,4....
SUNG] RV 'sing.' NEW] because belonging to the 'new' state of Redemption: see on Revelation 2:17 cp. Revelation 14:3. HAST REDEEMED, etc.] RV 'didst purchase unto God with thy blood men of every trib...
THE GLORY OF THE LAMB The Church is shown that Christ is on her side. He has overcome by suffering. Now the future is for Him and His people, and He is worshipped with the Father. 1-4. A roll of a bo...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *WORSHIP OF THE *LAMB - REVELATION 5:1-14 V1 Then I saw a *scroll on the right hand of him who sat on the *throne. There were wor...
AND THEY SUNG A NEW SONG, SAYING... — Better, _And they sing a new song, saying._ The use of the present (“sing”) is another example of that intensity of interest of which the change of tense in the l...
ᾠδὴν κ. followed (14) by ἀμήν, as in the worship of the church on earth (Colossians 3:16; 1 Corinthians 14:15-16). ᾄδουσιν (historic present) no longer to God as creator (Revelation 4:11) but to the L...
THE ONE WORTHY TO OPEN IT Revelation 5:9 Jesus is worthy to unroll the mystic scroll of history, because He loved and loves our race as no other has ever done; and He is equally worthy to open each n...
In this chapter we have John's vision of the heavenly arrangement for earthly administration. The program lies in the hand of the One who sits on the throne. It is written, but sealed, and none can kn...
They burst into song about the redemption available to all men in the church which Jesus purchased with his own blood. (Isaiah 42:10; Acts 10:34-35; Acts 20:28;...
And they sung a (b) new (11) song, saying, (12) Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and...
&c. called new, as belonging to the New Testament, or alliance of the new law of Christ. (Witham) --- Canticle; that is, excellent. The Scripture generally attaches the epithet new to canticles. New c...
(8) And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having everyone of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saint...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Title Deed I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.--George Bernard Shaw There is enough for all. The earth is a generous...
In the next Chapter we find the Lamb. A book was in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It was counsels, wielded by His power. Who could open them and bring them forth to execution? Who had t...
AND THEY SUNG A NEW SONG,.... Upon a new occasion and subject, redemption by the blood of the Lamb, and his worthiness to open the sealed book; and in distinction from the old song of Moses and the ch...
And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and p...
_And when he had taken the book, the four_ living creatures _fell down_ Now is homage done to the Lamb by the whole Christian Church and all its members, represented by these four living creatures. Th...
A NEW SONG; the song of redeeming love, through the atonement and righteousness of Christ....
AND THEY SANG A NEW SONG, SAYING, THOU ART WORTHY TO TAKE THE BOOK AND TO OPEN THE SEALS THEREOF; FOR THOU WAST SLAIN, AND HAST REDEEMED US TO GOD BY THY BLOOD OUT OF EVERY KINDRED AND TONGUE AND PEOP...
The song of the elders:...
NONE FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT In the right hand of the Sovereign Ruler is seen a book sealed with seven seals, written on the inside and on the back (v. 1). It is the book of God's ju...
_ 9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and people...
8-14 It is matter of joy to all the world, to see that God deals with men in grace and mercy through the Redeemer. He governs the world, not merely as a Creator, but as our Saviour. The harps were in...
AND THEY SUNG A NEW SONG: by a _new song_ is either to be understood an excellent song, (for new songs are usually most valued), or (which pleaseth me best) _new_ as to the matter of it; for the serva...
Epistle of Mathetes to Diognetus but is trusted as a virgin; and salvation is manifested, and the Apostles are filled with understanding, and the Passover[71] Tertullian On the Resurrection of the F...
Revelation 5:9 And G2532 sang G103 (G5719) new G2537 song G5603 saying G3004 (G5723) are G1488 ...
‘And he came and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. And when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb, e...
Revelation 5:9-10. AND THEY SING A NEW SONG, SAYING, WORTHY, ART THOU TO TAKE THE ROLL, AND TO OPEN THE SEALS THEREOF, FOR THOU WAST SLAUGHTERED, AND DIDST PURCHASE TO GOD IN THY BLOOD MEN OUT OF EVER...
The vision upon which we enter in this chapter is beheld in the same circumstances as that of chap. 4, and is closely connected with it. The special revelation of the Apocalypse does not yet begin, an...
THEY SING (αιδουσιν). Present active indicative of αιδω. Old verb, to chant with lyrical emotion (Colossians 3:16).A NEW SONG (ωιδην καινην). Cognate accusative for οιδε (ωιδη, song) is αοιδε from...
REDEEMED (_ See Scofield) - (Romans 3:24). _...
Revelation 5:8 The End of the Redeemed. I. Such a vision as that of the text is intended, we cannot doubt, to form a ground of hope and of encouragement in the progressive advancement of our spiritua...
Revelation 5:9 Wherein consists the value of man as man? The text calls our attention to two salient points which are to be found in that valuation, two capacities that belong to us all. I. Man can t...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seven sealed books. Christ seen in His Kingly character. Angels, elders and living creatures exalt the Lamb who is King. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, strong angel, elders, f...
Revelation 5:1. _I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book,_ a large staff, with seven sheets of parchment written on both sides, and at the last coil of each parchment, a seal was...
The praise of the created and the Redeemed! BY YOUR DEATH. The bloody death of the Cross is the PRICE of buying men [men and women] for God (Revelation 1:6). A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS. In Christ's kingdom...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 5:9 Paradoxically, the Lion’s victory is his being SLAIN as the Lamb, ransoming a multiethnic multitude (Revelation 7:9) by his...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 5:8 INCENSE symbolizes THE PRAYERS OF THE SAINTS. It shows that God hears their cries for relief and will answer through judgment ...
This Lion-lamb came and took the book from the hand of him who sat upon the throne; and the heavenly beings fell down before the Lamb with harps and golden vials full of odors which are the prayers of...
THE OPENER OF THE SEALED BOOK _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ HAVING duly conserved the honour of the one and only Lord God Almighty, attention can be again fixed on the ministry of the Living Christ...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 5:1 AND I SAW. As in Revelation 4:1, this phrase introduces a new incident in the vision. That which had been witnessed remained, but a further development now takes place....
_8 AND WHEN HE HAD TAKEN THE BOOK, THE FOUR BEASTS AND FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FELL DOWN BEFORE THE LAMB, HAVING EVERY ONE OF THEM HARPS, AND GOLDEN VIALS FULL OF ODOURS, WHICH ARE THE PRAYERS OF SAINT...
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a scroll that had writing both within and on the backside, and it was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a l...
1 Corinthians 6:20; 1 Corinthians 7:23; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 2:2;...
They sing. Present tense, denoting the continuous, unceasing worship of heaven, or possibly, as describing their "office generally rather than the mere one particular case of its exercise" (Alford)....
THE LAMB IN REVELATION Revelation 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember from Exodus 12:1, how that lamb had to be kept up from the tenth to the fourteenth day, and how it had to be slain at the going d...
And they sing a new song — One which neither they nor any other had sung before. Thou hast redeemed us — So the living creatures also were of the number of the redeemed. This does not so much refer to...