Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5515 scroll
A long strip of leather or papyrus on which people wrote.
Writing on a scroll
Exodus 17:14; Numbers 5:23; Deuteronomy 17:18; Ezra 6:2; Psalm 40:7; Isaiah 30:8; Jeremiah 36:2,4,18; Luke 4:17; Hebrews 10:7; Revelation 1:11
With a pen
Isaiah 8:1
In ink
Jeremiah 36:18
In columns
Jeremiah 36:23
A scroll written on both sides was unusual
These references indicate a saturation of the scroll with words of God's judgment:
Ezekiel 2:9-10; Zechariah 5:2-3; Revelation 5:1
A scroll was often sealed to protect its contents
Isaiah 29:11; Daniel 12:4; Revelation 5:1-2,9
Scrolls were of various sizes
Isaiah 8:1; Revelation 10:2
Unrolling and rolling up a scroll
Ezekiel 2:9-10; Luke 4:17,20
The rolling up of a scroll is used metaphorically of the final judgment:
Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:14
A scroll may represent the word of God
Revelation 10:2
The image of “eating the scroll” points to the need to become totally immersed in the word of God:
Ezekiel 2:9-3:4; Revelation 10:8-10
A scroll may represent the revelation of God's purposes
Revelation 5:1-5
See also
1630 Book of the Covenant 1640 Book of the Law 4494 papyrus 5175 reading 5232 book 5391 letters 5439 pen 5514 scribes 5518 seal 5638 writing 9420 book of life
