“And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,”
Then the angel who I had seen standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand to heaven — the angel's raising his hand invokes a solemn oath-gesture (Deuteronomy 32:40), establishing what follows as binding and sworn.
Church Fathers on Revelation 10:5
“Seven thunders uttered their voices.” The seven thunders uttering their voices signify the Holy Spirit of sevenfold power, who through the prophets announced all things to come, and by His voice John gave his testimony in the world; but because he says that he was about to write the things which the thunders had uttered, that is, whatever things had been obscure in the announcements of the Old Testament; he is forbidden to write them, but he was charged to leave them sealed,…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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