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, Jeremiah 36:4, Jeremiah 36:18; 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, Revelation 5:9

Scrolls were of various sizes

Isaiah 8:1; Revelation 10:2

Unrolling and rolling up a scroll

Ezekiel 2:9–10; Luke 4:17, Luke 4:20; Isaiah 34:4; Revelation 6:14

A scroll may represent the word of God

Revelation 10:2; Ezekiel 2:9–3:4; Revelation 10:8–10

A scroll may represent the revelation of God's purposes

Revelation 5:1–5