5:1 Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One sitting on the throne. The scroll had writing on both sides and was ·kept closed [L sealed] with seven seals [C a wax stamp that sealed a document shut].
5:2 And I saw a ·powerful [mighty] angel ·calling [proclaiming] in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
5:3 But there was no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth who could open the scroll or look inside it.
5:4 I cried ·bitterly [L much] because there was no one who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.
5:5 But one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry! [L Look; T Behold] The Lion from the tribe of Judah [C a messianic title; Gen. 49:9–10], ·David’s descendant [L the root of David; C a 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.”
5:6 Then I saw a Lamb [C Jesus] standing ·in the center of the throne and in the middle of the four living creatures and the elders [or between the throne and the living creatures and among the elders]. The Lamb looked as if he had been ·killed [slaughtered; slain]. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God [C either angels or the “sevenfold Spirit”; see 1:4] that were sent into all the world.
5:7 The Lamb came and ·took [received] the scroll from the right hand of the One sitting on the throne.
5:8 When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders [4:4] ·bowed down [fell] before the Lamb. Each one of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of God’s holy people [Ps. 141:2].
5:9 And they all sang a new song [Ps. 33:3; 40:3; 98:1] to the Lamb: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were ·killed [slaughtered; slain], and with ·the blood of your death [L your blood] you ·bought [ransomed; purchased; redeemed] people for God from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
5:10 You made them to be a kingdom ·of priests [or and priests; Ex. 19:6] for our God, and they will ·rule [reign; C other manuscripts have “they reign” (present tense)] on the earth.”
5:11 Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels around the throne, and the four living creatures, and the elders. There were ·thousands and thousands [L myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands; C a myriad can mean either ten thousand or many thousands; here means “countless”] of angels,
5:12 saying in a loud voice: “The Lamb who was ·killed [slaughtered; slain] is worthy to receive power, wealth, wisdom, and strength, honor, glory, and ·praise [or blessing]!”
5:13 Then I heard all creatures in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea saying: “To the One who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be ·praise [or blessing] and honor and glory and power forever and ever.”
5:14 The four living creatures said, “Amen [C Hebrew for “so be it”],” and the elders ·bowed down [fell] and worshiped.
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