John Gill's Exposition on Revelation 10:5

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth, etc.] His right foot being on the one, and his left foot upon the other, as described in (<661002>Revelation 10:2); lifted up his hand to heaven; the Oriental versions read, “his right hand”; and so some copies, and the Complutensian edition: the man clothed in linen, (<271206>Daniel 12:6,7), who is the same with the angel here, held up both his hands; the lifting up of the hand was a gesture used in swearing: (see <011422> Genesis 14:22); so the Jews say f303, “the right hand”, or by the right hand, h[wby wz, “this is an oath”, according to (<271207>Daniel 12:7); or whether the right hand or the left, is an oath, according to (<236208>Isaiah 62:8).

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