Apocalipsis 5:3

3 Pero nadie en el cielo ni en la tierra ni debajo de la tierra podía abrir el rollo y leerlo.

Apocalipsis 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 5:3

And no man in heaven
Or "no one in heaven", whether angels, or the souls of departed saints; neither the one nor the other know anything of what is to come, until it is revealed unto them:

nor in earth:
among all the men on earth, even those of the greatest sagacity and penetration, the wise, the prudent, the scribe, the disputer of this world, such who are most conversant with books, and have the greatest reach into the things of nature, or of grace:

neither under the earth;
the dead buried there, good or bad; which may be said agreeably to the notions of the ancient Jews, who believed the immortality of souls, and that they were rewarded or punished, (upo cyonov) , "under the earth", according to their virtue or vice in life ^F4: or the devils in hell; or whoever on the earth are influenced by them, as magicians, sorcerers, soothsayers, and necromancers:

was able to open the book, neither to look thereon;
or in it, so as to read it, understand it, and show to John what was in it; for the sense is, there was no creature in heaven, earth, or hell, who were masters of the deepest knowledge, and made pretensions to any, that were able to foresee and foretell things to come; or to exhibit the prophecies in this book, and represent them to John in the manner they afterwards were, and much less to accomplish them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Joseph. Antiqu. l. 18. c. 1. sect 3.

Apocalipsis 5:3 In-Context

1 El Cordero abre el rollo
Luego vi un rollo
en la mano derecha de aquel que estaba sentado en el trono. El rollo estaba escrito por dentro y por fuera, y sellado con siete sellos.

2 Vi a un ángel poderoso, que proclamaba con fuerte voz: «¿Quién es digno de romper los sellos de este rollo y abrirlo?».

3 Pero nadie en el cielo ni en la tierra ni debajo de la tierra podía abrir el rollo y leerlo.

4 Entonces comencé a llorar amargamente porque no se encontraba a nadie digno de abrir el rollo y leerlo;

5 pero uno de los veinticuatro ancianos me dijo: «¡Deja de llorar! Mira, el León de la tribu de Judá, el heredero del trono de David,
ha ganado la victoria. Él es digno de abrir el rollo y sus siete sellos».