1 And I sawe in the right honde of him that sat in the trone a boke written with in and on the backside sealyd with vii. seales. 2 And I sawe a stronge angell which cryed with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the boke and to loose the seales ther of. 3 And no man in heven ner in erth nether vnder the erth was able to open the boke nether to loke thereon. 4 And I wepte moche because no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke nether to loke thereon. 5 And one of the elders sayde unto me: wepe not: Beholde a lion beinge of the tribe of Iuda the rote of Dauid hath obtayned to open the boke and to lose the vii. seales ther of. 6 And I behelde and loo in the myddes of the seate and of the .iiii. bestes and in the myddes of the elders stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled which had vii. hornes and vii. eyes which are the spretes of God sent into all the worlde. 7 And he cam and toke the boke oute of the right honde of him that sate apon the seate. 8 And when he had take the boke the .iiii. bestes and xxiiii. elders fell doune before the labe havynge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures which are the prayers of saynctes 9 and they songe a newe songe saynge: thou art worthy to take the boke and to open the seales therof: for thou waste kylled and haste redemed vs by thy bloud out of all kynreddes and tonges and people and nacions 10 and haste made vs vnto oure god kynges and prestes and we shall raygne on the erth. 11 And I behelde and I herd the voyce of many angylles aboute the trone and about the bestes and the elders and I herde thousand thousandes 12 saynge with a lowde voyce: Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receave power and riches and wisdom and strenghte and honoure and glory and blyssynge. 13 And all creatures which are in heven and on the erth and vnder the erth and in the see and all that are in them herd I sayinge: blyssinge honour glory and power be vnto hym that sytteth apon the seate and vnto the lambe for ever more. 14 And the .iiii. bestes sayd: Amen. And the .xxiiii. elders fell apon their faces and worshypped him that lyveth for ever more.
Revelation · Tyndale New Testament (1534)
Revelation 5 Tyndale New Testament (1534)
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Cross references (14)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 2:9–10; Isaiah 29:11; Revelation 5:7; Daniel 12:4–9; Revelation 6:1
- 2 Revelation 5:5; Isaiah 29:11–12; Revelation 10:1; Psalm 103:20; Isaiah 41:22–23
- 3 Revelation 5:13; Isaiah 40:13–14; Romans 11:34; Isaiah 41:28
- 4 Daniel 12:8–9; Revelation 4:1
- 5 Isaiah 11:1; Jeremiah 23:5–6; Revelation 22:16; Romans 15:12; Romans 1:3
- 6 Zechariah 4:10; Revelation 5:12; Zechariah 3:9; John 1:29; John 1:36
- 7 Revelation 5:1; Revelation 4:2–3
- 8 Psalm 141:2; Revelation 8:3–4; Philippians 2:9–11; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:14
- 9 1 Peter 1:18–19; 1 John 1:7; Matthew 26:28; Romans 3:24–26; Psalm 40:3
- 10 Revelation 1:6; Daniel 7:27; Daniel 7:18; Revelation 20:6; Revelation 22:5
- 11 Daniel 7:10; Hebrews 12:22; Revelation 4:6; Revelation 4:4; Psalm 148:2
- 12 Revelation 5:9; Revelation 19:1; Revelation 4:11; John 17:2; Revelation 7:12
- 13 Philippians 2:10; 1 Chronicles 29:11; Psalm 148:2–13; Revelation 5:12; Romans 11:36
- 14 Revelation 19:4; Revelation 4:9–11; Revelation 5:8; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 7:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… the midst of the throne, and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing as it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth." And again, he says, speaking of this very same Lamb: "And behold a white horse; …
Another example of the same is that a lion stands for Christ in the place where it is said, "The lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed;" and again, stands for the devil where it is written, "Your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about seeking whom he may devour." In the same way the serpent is …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
For although they are done on earth, yet nevertheless they are worthy of the Heavens. For when our Lord Jesus Christ lies slain [as a sacrifice], when the Spirit is with us, when He who sitteth on the right hand of the Father is here, when sons are made by the Washing, when they are fellow-citizens of those in Heaven, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 14 (1889)
yet both Christ and the devil are called "a lion." Christ is called "a lion:" "The Lion hath prevailed of the tribe of Judah;" and the devil is called a lion: "Know ye not that your adversary the Devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour?" Both the one and the other then is a lion; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)
"Behold the Lamb of God!" How a lion? "The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed."
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)