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Revelation 10:8
ESV Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, "Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."
NIV Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me once more: "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."
NASB Then the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and saying, 'Go, take the scroll which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land.'
CSB Then the voice that I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, "Go, take the scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land."
NLT Then the voice from heaven spoke to me again: 'Go and take the open scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.'
KJV 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.
NKJV Then the voice which I heard from heaven spoke to me again and said, “Go, take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the earth.”

What does Revelation 10:8 mean?

According to this verse, the apostle John heard the voice from heaven again. Apparently, this was God's voice commanding him to go and take the open scroll from the mighty angel who was standing on the sea and the land. In Revelation chapter 5 we learned that no one in heaven or on earth was found worthy to open the scroll of God's judgment or even to look into it. However, Jesus Christ was able to take the seven-sealed scroll from God's hand, because He is the only one who took the punishment for the sins of mankind without having any sins of His own.

This scroll, however, is not the same one as was seen in chapter 5. The word for "scroll" used to describe this object in verse 2 was biblaridion, whereas the scroll in chapter 5 was called a biblion. Here in verse 8, the term biblion is used, without the "small" designation, but it is clearly the scroll indicated in verse 2, which is clearly something separate from the scroll in Revelation 5. Later verses will again identify this as a "little book" or "little scroll."

Many interpreters believe the mighty angel of verses 1 through 7 is Jesus. If so, John could draw near to Him because Jesus is the approachable mediator between God and man. First Timothy 2:5 says, "For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." Jesus has never turned away anyone who came to Him in simple faith (John 6:37).
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