rwp Revelation:10:9
rwp@Revelation:10:9 @{I went} (\apltha\). Second aorist active indicative (\-a\ form), "I went away" (\ap-\) to the angel. John left his position by the door of heaven (4:1|). {That he should give} (\dounai\). Second aorist active infinitive of \didmi\, indirect command after \legn\ (bidding) for \dos\ in the direct discourse (second aorist active imperative second person singular). This use of \leg\ to bid occurs in strkjv@13:14; strkjv@Acts:21:21|. {He saith} (\legei\). Dramatic vivid present active indicative of \leg\. {Take it and eat it up} (\labe kai kataphage auto\). Second aorist (effective) active imperatives of \lamban\ and \katesthi\ (perfective use of \kata\, "eat down," we say "eat up"). See the same metaphor in strkjv@Ezekiel:3:1-3; strkjv@Jeremiah:15:6f|. The book was already open and was not to be read aloud, but to be digested mentally by John. {It shall make thy belly bitter} (\pikranei sou tn koilian\). Future active of \pikrain\, for which verb see strkjv@8:11; strkjv@10:10; strkjv@Colossians:3:19|. There is no reference in Ezekiel or Jeremiah to the bitterness here mentioned. {Sweet as honey} (\gluku hs meli\). For the sweetness of the roll see strkjv@Psalms:19:10f.; strkjv@119:103|. "Every revelation of God's purposes, even though a mere fragment, a \biblaridion\, is 'bitter-sweet,' disclosing judgement as well as mercy" (Swete). Deep and bitter sorrows confront John as he comes to understand God's will and way.
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