Revelation 5
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Revelation 5
The Scroll and the Lamb
1 #
vv 7, 13
; Isa 29.11; Ezek 2.9, 10; Dan 12.4Then I saw in the right hand of the one seated on the throne a scroll written on the inside and on the back, sealed#5.1 Or written on the inside and sealed on the back with seven seals, 2and I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. 4And I began to weep bitterly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5#Gn 49.9; Isa 11.1, 10; Rom 15.12; Heb 7.14; Rev 22.16Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
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Isa 53.7; Zech 3.9; 4.10; Rev 4.5, 6; 13.8 Then I saw between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders a Lamb standing as if it had been slaughtered, with seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne. 8#Ps 141.2; Rev 14.2When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, each holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9#Ps 40.3; 1 Cor 6.20; Heb 9.12; Rev 4.11They sing a new song:
“You are worthy to take the scroll
and to break its seals,
for you were slaughtered and by your blood you ransomed for God
saints from#5.9 Gk ransomed for God from every tribe and language and people and nation;
10 #
Ex 19.6; Isa 61.6 you have made them a kingdom and priests serving#5.10 Gk priests to our God,
and they will reign#5.10 Other ancient authorities read they reign on earth.”
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Dan 7.10; Heb 12.22 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12singing with full voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb that was slaughtered
to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
and honor and glory and blessing!”
13 #
v 3
; Phil 2.10; 1 Tim 6.16; Rev 1.6; 6.16; 7.10Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea and all that is in them, singing,
“To the one seated on the throne and to the Lamb
be blessing and honor and glory and might
forever and ever!”
14And the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the elders fell down and worshiped.
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