Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
I was about to write (hmellon grafein). Imperfect active of mellw (double augment as in John 4:47; John 12:33; John 18:32) and the present (inchoative) active infinitive of grafw, "I was on the point of beginning to write," as commanded in Revelation 1:11, Revelation 1:19.
Seal up (sfragison). Aorist active imperative of sfragizw, tense of urgency, "seal up at once."
And write them not (kai mh auta grayhv). Prohibition with mh and the ingressive aorist active subjunctive of grafw, "Do not begin to write." It is idle to conjecture what was in the utterances. Compare Paul's silence in 2 Corinthians 12:4.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 8:1
Revelation 10:8
Revelation 10:11
Revelation 12:10
Revelation 14:2
Revelation 22:10
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