Revelation 5:1–10

The Scroll and the Lamb

5Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne^o a scroll with writing on both sides^p and sealed^q with seven seals. ²And I saw a mighty angel^r proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?” ³But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll or even look inside it. ⁴I wept and wept because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside. ⁵Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion^s of the tribe of Judah,^t the Root of David,^u has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

⁶Then I saw a Lamb,^v looking as if it had been slain, standing at the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures^w and the elders.^x The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes,^y which are the seven spirits^az of God sent out into all the earth. ⁷He went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who sat on the throne.^{a 8}And when he had taken it, the four living creatures^b and the twenty-four elders^c fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp^d and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers^e of God’s people. ⁹And they sang a new song, saying:^f

“You are worthy^g to take the scroll

and to open its seals,

because you were slain,

and with your blood^h you purchasedⁱ for God

persons from every tribe and language and people and nation.^j

¹⁰You have made them to be a kingdom and priests^k to serve our God,

and they will reign^b on the earth.”^l