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Revelation · Chapter 5

Revelation 5

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The Lamb Takes the Scroll

1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.

4And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.*

7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

9And they sang a new song:“Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals,because You were slain,and by Your blood You purchased for Godthose from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

10You have made them to be a kingdomand priests to serve our God,and they will reign upon the earth.”*

The Lamb Exalted

11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

12In a loud voice they were saying:“Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain,to receive power and richesand wisdom and strengthand honor and glory and blessing!”

13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying:“To Him who sits on the throneand to the Lambbe praise and honor and glory and powerforever and ever!”

14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.*

Source notes

  1. 5:6 Or the sevenfold Spirit
  2. 5:10 Or they will reign over; WH they reign upon
  3. 5:14 TR includes Him who lives for ever and ever.

Old Testament references

References from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Text from the Berean Standard Bible.

Isaiah 34:16

Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.

Ezekiel 2:9

Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,

Ezekiel 2:10

which He unrolled before me. And written on the front and back of it were words of lamentation, mourning, and woe.

Isaiah 8:16

Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples.

Isaiah 29:11

And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.”

Daniel 8:26

The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”

Daniel 12:4

But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”

Daniel 12:5

Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.

Daniel 12:6

One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”

Daniel 12:7

And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”

Daniel 12:8

I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”

Daniel 12:9

“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.

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