And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals

Posted : 29 Dec, 2013 06:47 AM

Revelation 5 (NKJV)



The Lamb Takes the Scroll



5 And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 Then I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, �Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose its seals?� 3 And no one in heaven or on the earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll, or to look at it.



4 So I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open and read[a] the scroll, or to look at it. 5 But one of the elders said to me, �Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose[b] its seven seals.�



6 And I looked, and behold,[c] in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 Then He came and took the scroll out of the right hand of Him who sat on the throne.



Worthy Is the Lamb



8 Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying:



�You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals;

For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation,

10 And have made us[d] kings[e] and priests to our God;

And we[f] shall reign on the earth.�



11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, 12 saying with a loud voice:



�Worthy is the Lamb who was slain

To receive power and riches and wisdom,

And strength and honor and glory and blessing!�



13 And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:



�Blessing and honor and glory and power

Be to Him who sits on the throne,

And to the Lamb, forever and ever!�[g]



14 Then the four living creatures said, �Amen!� And the twenty-four[h] elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.[i]





Footnotes:

a.Revelation 5:4 NU-Text and M-Text omit and read.

b.Revelation 5:5 NU-Text and M-Text omit to loose.

c.Revelation 5:6 NU-Text and M-Text read I saw in the midst . . . a Lamb standing.

d.Revelation 5:10 NU-Text and M-Text read them.

e.Revelation 5:10 NU-Text reads a kingdom.

f.Revelation 5:10 NU-Text and M-Text read they.

g.Revelation 5:13 M-Text adds Amen.

h.Revelation 5:14 NU-Text and M-Text omit twenty-four.

i.Revelation 5:14 NU-Text and M-Text omit Him who lives forever and ever.



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