{And he saith unto me} (kai legei moi). The angel resumes
as in  19:9 . {Seal not up} (m(8820)sphragis(8869)s). Prohibition with
m(885c) and the ingressive first aorist active subjunctive of
sphragiz(935c). Charles takes this to be the command of Christ
because in verses  7,18  "the words of the prophecy of this book"
come from Christ. But that is not a conclusive argument, though
Charles, as already stated, rearranges these chapters to suit his
own notion. Once only ( 10:4 ) was John directed to seal and not
to write. See there for discussion of sphragiz(935c). This book is
to be left open for all to read ( 1:3  13:18  17:9  22:7,18 ).
{At hand} (eggus). As in  1:3 .