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- Revelation
- Chapter 5
- Verse 3
And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
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Gill's Exposition
And no man in heaven,.... Or "no one in heaven", whether angels, or the souls of departed saints; neither the one nor the other know anything of what is to come, until it is revealed unto them:
nor…
Barnes' Notes
And no man in heaven - No one - οὐδεὶς oudeis. There is no limitation in the original to man. The idea is, that there was no one in heaven - evidently alluding to the created beings there - who…
Adam Clarke
And no man - Ουδεις· No person or being.
In heaven - Among all the angels of God.
Nor in the earth - No human being.
Neither under the earth - No disembodied spirit, nor any demon. Neither angels,…
Hitherto the apostle had seen only the great God, the governor of all things, now,
I. He is favoured with a sight of the model and methods of his government, as they are all written down in a book…
Cambridge Bible
no man Better, no one the term includes others as well as men.
under the earth i.e. in the world of the dead. In view of Rev 5:5, we can hardly make it mean "in the sea," on the analogy of Exo 20:4…
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