Revelation 5:1
Revelation · New Testament · Chapter 5
“And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.”Revelation 5:1
What Does Revelation 5:1 Mean?
Revelation 5:1 is found in the book of Revelation, chapter 5, verse 1 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Revelation 5:1 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 2:9“And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;”Isaiah 29:11“And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:”Revelation 5:7“And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.”Isaiah 6:1“In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.”Daniel 12:4“But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.”Revelation 4:2“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.”Revelation 6:1“And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.”Revelation 5:13“And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.”Revelation 10:2“And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,”Revelation 4:3“And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.”Revelation 10:8“And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.”Joshua 6:4“And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.”Revelation 8:1“And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour.”Isaiah 8:16“Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”Jeremiah 36:2“Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.”Revelation 21:5“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.”Ezra 6:1“Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in the house of the rolls, where the treasures were laid up in Babylon.”Daniel 8:26“And the vision of the evening and the morning which was told is true: wherefore shut thou up the vision; for it shall be for many days.”Zechariah 5:1“Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.”Revelation 22:10“And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.”
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