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Nicholas of Gorran
Medieval · AD 800–1500 · 3 passages across 1 books
Commentary
Revelation 5:1
· 3 passages
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.
First is the incarnation Is. 8.
Second is the nativity Is. 7.
Third is the passion Is. 53.
Fourth is the descent into hell Zech 9.
Fifth was the resurrection Hosea 6.
Sixth is the ascension Is. 63.
Seventh is the coming judgment Is. 3.
Second is the nativity Is. 7.
Third is the passion Is. 53.
Fourth is the descent into hell Zech 9.
Fifth was the resurrection Hosea 6.
Sixth is the ascension Is. 63.
Seventh is the coming judgment Is. 3.
sealed with seven seals. that is, with all obscurity. And because all time is enveloped in seven days, wholeness is rightly signified by the number seven.
And I saw. He uses a copulative conjunction 'and', because what is said here is not a different vision from the preceeding one, but they are joined as one section with another.