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And I wept audibly and bitterly because no one was found fit to open the scroll or to inspect it.

Then one of the elders [[a]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] said to me, Stop weeping! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root (Source) of David, has won (has overcome and conquered)! He can open the scroll and break its seven seals!(A)

And there between the throne and the four living creatures (beings) and among the elders [[b]of the heavenly Sanhedrin] I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God [[c]the sevenfold Holy Spirit] Who have been sent [on duty far and wide] into all the earth.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 5:5 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
  2. Revelation 5:6 George R. Berry, Greek-English New Testament Lexicon.
  3. Revelation 5:6 Richard of St. Victor, cited by Richard Trench, Synonyms of the New Testament.

I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(A) of the tribe of Judah,(B) the Root of David,(C) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Then I saw a Lamb,(D) looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures(E) and the elders.(F) The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,(G) which are the seven spirits[a](H) of God sent out into all the earth.

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  1. Revelation 5:6 That is, the sevenfold Spirit