Zechariah 5:1

A flying roll — A volume, or book spread out at large, flying in the air, swiftly.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hitherto all had been bright, full of the largeness of the gifts of God; of God’s favor to His people ; the removal of their enemies ; the restorat...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Flying, i.e. Ubiquitous Roll containing an Effectual Curse against Thieves and Perjurers. In Zechariah 5:3 b RV does violence to the Heb....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

looked . This is the sixth vision. See the Structure on p. 1281. roll . scroll. Hence our word "volume". Compare Ezekiel 2:9 . Zec 3:11.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The angel shows in this chapter, that whatever evils the Jews had suffered, proceeded from the righteous judgment Of God; and then he adds a co...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. Behold a flying roll - This was twenty cubits long, and ten cubits broa...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A flying roll— See Ezekiel 2:9 . Revelation 10:10 . This flying roll inclosed an account of the sins and punishments of the people, and is desc...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. The fraudulent and prejuring transgressors of the law shall be e...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A flying roll ] Rolls were of skin or parchment, on which all writing was inscribed. The document was rolled up much in the same way as a wall-map i...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth and Seventh Visions 1-4. A flying roll inscribed with curses comes down upon the earth. The previous visions had promised many blessings...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Then I turned... eyes. — Better, And I again lifted up my eyes. (Comp. Zechariah 4:1 .) Flying roll. — A scroll floating in the air. The form...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A SERIES OF SEVEN VISIONS. Zechariah 1:7 to Zechariah 6:15 . Between the commencement of Zechariah’s prophetic labours and the incidents record...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE SIXTH VISION: THE WINGED VOLUME Zechariah 5:1-4 The religious and political obstacles being now removed from the future of Israel, Zecharia...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE VISIONS OF ZECHARIAH Zechariah 1:7-21 ; Zechariah 2:1-13 ; Zechariah 3:1-10 ; Zechariah 4:1-14 ; Zechariah 5:1-11 ; Zechariah 6:1-8 TH...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Vision of the Flying Roll Zechariah 5:1-11 This huge sheet of parchment, 30 by 15 feet, was covered with the solemn curses of the Law, on o...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The vision of the flying roll represents the principle of law as it will be administered by Israel when she fulfils the true ideal. It must be consid...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS The Lord is still instructing the Prophet by vision. In this Chapter we have the sad judgment threatened to thieves and swearers, under the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

"Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. (2) And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I answered, I see a flyi...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then I turned, and lift up mine eyes, and looked ,.... The prophet turned himself from looking upon the candlestick and olive branches, having had a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll. Ver. 1. Then I turned me, and lifted up mine eyes ] i.e. I prepare...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then I turned and lifted up Or, again I lifted up, mine eyes For the verb שׁוב, to return , is often used adverbially; and behold a flying roll...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth Vision - A Flying Scroll (vv. 1-4) The five previous visions have beautifully emphasized the grace of God in His restoring great bless...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Vision of the Flying Roll. B. C. 520. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

ZECHARIAH CHAPTER 5 By the flying roll is showed the curse of thieves and of false swearers, Malachi 5:1-4 . By a woman in an ephah, pressed und...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Sixth Vision. The Flying Scroll - God's Moral Demands Go Forth to Bring Judgment ( Zechariah 5:1-4 ). Together with the establishment of the H...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Flying roll ] Vision sixth. Zechariah 5:2 .] Ten yards long and five yards broad. The size intended to indicate the number of...
Scofield Reference Notes

flying roll A "roll," in Scripture symbolism, means the written word whether of God or man ( Ezekiel 6:2 ); ( Jeremiah 36:2 ); ( Jeremiah 36:4...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Zechariah 5:2 . What seest thou? I see a flying roll. Hebrews meghilla, a parchment, a terrific scroll, twenty cubits in length, and ten in brea...
The Biblical Illustrator

And I turned. .. and looked, and behold a flying roll The flying roll The object of this discourse is to present to you the Scriptures as a ph...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Zechariah 5:1-38 § 8. The sixth vision: the flying roll. Zechariah 5:1 Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes; i.e....
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then I turned, after an interval of some time, and lifted up mine eyes and looked, and behold a flying roll, a book-scroll, or parchment, of great...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Vision of the Flying Roll
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 2:10 ; Ezekiel 2:9 ; Isaiah 8:1 ; Revelation 10:2 ; Revelation 10:8-11 ; Revelation 5:1-14 ; Zechariah 5:2

¹ Then I turned, and lifted up mine eyes, and looked, and behold a flying roll.

Related Commentaries of Zechariah 5:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 5:1