Revelation 5:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ But there was no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth who could open the scroll or look inside it. ⁴ I cried ·bitterly [^Lmuch] because there was no one who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. ⁵ But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry! [^LLook; ^TBehold] The Lion from the tribe of Judah [^Ca messianic title; Gen. 49:9–10], ·David’s descendant [^Lthe root of David; ^Ca messianic title applied to Christ; Is. 11:10], has ·won the victory [overcome; conquered] so that he is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”