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Revelation 4:7

The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 4:7

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. (Upon "beast" ( ζῶον), see on .

For the signification, see also above on .) Whether there was any difference in the forms as a whole, or whether the difference consisted chiefly or solely in the thee, cannot be certainly known.

Each being is symbolical of some class or some quality of which it is representative. (For the application, see on .

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