SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:10
Y tom el librito de la mano del ngel, y lo devor; y era dulce en mi boca como la miel; y cuando lo hube devorado, fue amargo mi vientre.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Revelation 10:10
Verse 10. It was in my mouth sweet as honey] There was in it some pleasing, some unpleasing, intelligence. I read of the consolations and protection of the true worshippers of God, and did rejoice; I read of the persecutions of the Church, and was distressed.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 10. And I took the little book out of the angel's hand, and ate it up , etc.] As he was bid to do: and it was in my mouth sweet as honey ; so is the Gospel in the mouth of a faithful minister of it, who has a spiritual knowledge, and a savoury experience of it; and so it is in the mouth of an understanding hearer, who finds it, and eats it, to the joy and rejoicing of his heart; and so this little book of prophecy being looked into, read, and considered by John, the first taste and knowledge he had of the things contained in it were exceeding grateful and delightful; the view it gave him of the glorious state of the church, and kingdom of Christ on earth, filled with unspeakable pleasure: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter ; so the ministration of the Gospel occasions bitterness, grief, and sorrow, to the preachers and professors of it, through the persecutions that attend it, the obstinacy and hardness of men's hearts against it, and its being the savour of death unto death to many that hear it; and so the little book of prophecy, upon a perusal of it, giving to John a view of the witnesses prophesying: in sackcloth, and of their bodies being killed, and lying exposed in the street of the great city, and of the church's flying into the wilderness, and continuing there for a time and times, and half a time, and of the barbarities and cruelties exercised on the saints by the whore of Rome, whom he saw made drunk with their blood, made his belly bitter, or filled him with sorrow, grief, and pain.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 8-11 - Most men feel pleasure in looking into future events, and all good me like to receive a word from God. But when this book of prophecy wa thoroughly digested by the apostle, the contents would be bitter; ther were things so awful and terrible, such grievous persecutions of the people of God, such desolations in the earth, that the foresight an foreknowledge of them would be painful to his mind. Let us seek to be taught by Christ, and to obey his orders; daily meditating on his word that it may nourish our souls; and then declaring it according to ou several stations. The sweetness of such contemplations will often by mingled with bitterness, while we compare the Scriptures with the stat of the world and the church, or even with that of our own hearts __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
και 2532 CONJ λεγει 3004 5719 V-PAI-3S μοι 3427 P-1DS δει 1163 5904 V-PQI-3S σε 4571 P-2AS παλιν 3825 ADV προφητευσαι 4395 5658 V-AAN επι 1909 PREP λαοις 2992 N-DPM και 2532 CONJ εθνεσιν 1484 N-DPN και 2532 CONJ γλωσσαις 1100 N-DPF και 2532 CONJ βασιλευσιν 935 N-DPM πολλοις 4183 A-DPM
