Revelation 5:1-7

The Scroll and the Lamb

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
3 But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it.
4 I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits[a] of God sent out into all the earth.
7 He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.

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Cross References 13

  • 1. ver 7,13; Revelation 4:2,9; Revelation 6:16
  • 2. Ezekiel 2:9,10
  • 3. Isaiah 29:11; Daniel 12:4
  • 4. Revelation 10:1
  • 5. Genesis 49:9
  • 6. S Hebrews 7:14
  • 7. Isaiah 11:1,10; Romans 15:12; Revelation 22:16
  • 8. ver 8,9,12,13; S John 1:29
  • 9. S Revelation 4:6
  • 10. S Revelation 4:4
  • 11. Zechariah 4:10
  • 12. S Revelation 1:4
  • 13. S ver 1

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. That is, the sevenfold Spirit
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