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The Scroll and the Lamb
1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sits on the throne a scroll written on the inside and *outside, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 But no one in heaven †above or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it. 4 So I began to weep loudly because no one was found who was worthy to ‡open the scroll or look inside it. 5 Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has §conquered; he is the one who can open the scroll *and its seven seals.”
6 Then I †saw a Lamb that looked like it had been slain; he was standing among the elders in the midst of the throne and the four living creatures. He had seven horns and seven eyes, which are the ‡seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. 7 He went and took the scroll out of the right hand of him who was sitting on the throne. 8 When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which §are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song:
“Worthy are yoʋ to take the scroll
and open its seals,
for yoʋ were slain, and by yoʋr blood yoʋ redeemed *us for God
out of every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.
10 Yoʋ have made †them ‡kings and priests to our God,
and §they will reign on the earth.”
11 Then I looked, and I heard *something like the voice of many angels surrounding the throne, the living creatures, and the †elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, 12 and they were saying with a loud voice,
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
to receive power and riches, wisdom and strength,
honor, glory, and blessing!”
13 Then I heard every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, in the sea, and all that is in them, saying,
“To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb,
be blessing and honor, glory and power,
forever and ever! ‡Amen.”
14 And §I heard the four living creatures saying, “Amen.” And the *elders fell down and †worshiped.
* 5:1 outside 𝔐A,C,K 80.2% ¦ on the back SBL TH TR WH 8.9% † 5:3 above 𝔐K [56%] ¦ — 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK TR [43.1%] ‡ 5:4 open 𝔐A(20),K [65.3%] ¦ open and read 𝔐A(24),C PCK TR [28.2%] § 5:5 conquered; he is the one who can 𝔐K 41.7% ¦ conquered so as to 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK TR 53.5% * 5:5 and 𝔐A,C,K [94%] ¦ and break TR [4.6%] † 5:6 saw 𝔐A,C,K [75.6%] • MSS [11.5%] ¦ looked, and behold, there was TR [9.7%] ‡ 5:6 seven 𝔐A,C,K 72.8% • TR 5.4% ¦ — ECM† 10.1% § 5:8 are 𝔐K(42) [32.1%] • 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK TR [50.9%] ¦ contain 𝔐K(30) [17%] * 5:9 us for God out of 𝔐A,C,K 75.1% • MSS 14% ¦ us out of MSS 7% ¦ for God people from SBL WH 0.4% † 5:10 them 𝔐A,C,K [97.2%] ¦ us TR [1.4%] ‡ 5:10 kings 𝔐A,C,K ECM† 93.7% ¦ to be a kingdom CT 5.1% § 5:10 they will 𝔐A(32),C,K(50) 60.3% ¦ they 𝔐A(20),K(41) SBL WH 35.8% ¦ we will TR 3.1% * 5:11 something like 𝔐A(19),C,K ECM† [76.5%] ¦ — 𝔐A(27) CT TR [23.5%] † 5:11 elders. Their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands, and they 𝔐A,C,K [97.2%] ¦ elders. And thousands of thousands ST [0%] {Note: Two manuscripts (0.9%) have a longer omission here, but no extant manuscripts read like ST.} ‡ 5:13 Amen. 𝔐A,C,K 74.2% ¦ — ANT CT TR 19.6% § 5:14 I heard the four living creatures 𝔐C,K [44.5%] ¦ the four living creatures were 𝔐A ANT CT TR [41.3%] ¦ {omit And I heard the four living creatures saying, “Amen.”} MSS [5%] * 5:14 elders 𝔐A,C,K [97.2%] ¦ twenty-four elders TR [1.8%] † 5:14 worshiped 𝔐A,C,K [97.3%] ¦ worshiped him who lives forever and ever TR [1.4%]