New Testament · Revelation

Revelation chapter 5

Then I saw a in the right hand of the one sitting on the . It had writing on both sides and was .And I saw a announcing in a loud voice, “Who is to open the scroll and break its seals?”But no one was able to open the scroll or even look inside it.I because no one could be found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.Then one of the said to me, “Stop crying! Look -- , , has . He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”Then I saw a standing in the center of the throne, surrounded by the and the elders. He looked like he had been , and he had and -- these are the seven expressions of sent out into all the earth.He went and took the scroll from the right hand of the one sitting on the throne.When he took the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders before the Lamb. Each one had a and golden bowls full of , and the incense is the prayers of .And they sang a : “You are worthy to take the scroll and break open its seals, because you were slaughtered, and with your you people for God from .You have made them a to serve our God, and they will on the earth.”Then I looked, and I heard the voices of of angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders -- there were of them --and they were singing in a loud voice: “The Lamb who was slaughtered is worthy to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and and praise!”Then I heard in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea -- everything in all creation -- singing: “To the one sitting on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power !”The four living creatures said, “” And the elders fell down and .