Revelation · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Revelation 5 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Και είδον εν τη δεξιά του καθημένου επί του θρόνου βιβλίον γεγραμμένον έσωθεν και όπισθεν, κατεσφραγισμένον με σφραγίδας επτά.
1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
2 Και είδον άγγελον ισχυρόν κηρύττοντα μετά φωνής μεγάλης· Τις είναι άξιος να ανοίξη το βιβλίον και να λύση τας σφραγίδας αυτού;
2 I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?”
3 Και ουδείς ηδύνατο εν τω ουρανώ, ουδέ επί της γης ουδέ υποκάτω της γης να ανοίξη το βιβλίον ουδέ να βλέπη αυτό.
3 No one in heaven above, or on the earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book or to look in it.
4 Και εγώ έκλαιον πολλά, ότι ουδείς ευρέθη άξιος να ανοίξη και να αναγνώση το βιβλίον ούτε να βλέπη αυτό.
4 Then I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book or to look in it.
5 Και εις εκ των πρεσβυτέρων μοι λέγει· Μη κλαίε· ιδού, υπερίσχυσεν ο λέων, όστις είναι εκ της φυλής Ιούδα, η ρίζα του Δαβίδ, να ανοίξη το βιβλίον και να λύση τας επτά σφραγίδας αυτού.
5 One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
6 Και είδον και ιδού εν μέσω του θρόνου και των τεσσάρων ζώων και εν μέσω των πρεσβυτέρων Αρνίον ιστάμενον ως εσφαγμένον, έχον κέρατα επτά και οφθαλμούς επτά, οίτινες είναι τα επτά πνεύματα του Θεού τα απεσταλμένα εις πάσαν την γην.
6 I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
7 Και ήλθε και έλαβε το βιβλίον εκ της δεξιάς του καθημένου επί του θρόνου.
7 Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
8 Και ότε έλαβε το βιβλίον, τα τέσσαρα ζώα και οι εικοσιτέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι έπεσον ενώπιον του Αρνίου, έχοντες έκαστος κιθάρας και φιάλας χρυσάς πλήρεις θυμιαμάτων, αίτινες είναι αι προσευχαί των αγίων·
8 Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
9 και ψάλλουσι νέαν ωδήν, λέγοντες· Άξιος είσαι να λάβης το βιβλίον και να ανοίξης τας σφραγίδας αυτού, διότι εσφάγης και ηγόρασας ημάς εις τον Θεόν διά του αίματός σου εκ πάσης φυλής και γλώσσης και λαού και έθνους,
9 They sang a new song, saying, “You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for you were killed, and bought us for God with your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
10 και έκαμες ημάς εις τον Θεόν ημών βασιλείς και ιερείς, και θέλομεν βασιλεύσει επί της γης.
10 and made us kings and priests to our God; and we will reign on the earth.”
11 Και είδον και ήκουσα φωνήν αγγέλων πολλών κυκλόθεν του θρόνου και των ζώων και των πρεσβυτέρων, και ήτο ο αριθμός αυτών μυριάδες μυριάδων και χιλιάδες χιλιάδων,
11 I looked, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands,
12 λέγοντες μετά φωνής μεγάλης· Άξιον είναι το Αρνίον το εσφαγμένον να λάβη την δύναμιν και πλούτον και σοφίαν και ισχύν και τιμήν και δόξαν και ευλογίαν.
12 saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!”
13 Και παν κτίσμα, το οποίον είναι εν τω ουρανώ και επί της γης και υποκάτω της γης και όσα είναι εν τη θαλάσση και πάντα τα εν αυτοίς, ήκουσα ότι έλεγον· Εις τον καθήμενον επί του θρόνου και εις το Αρνίον έστω η ευλογία και η τιμή και η δόξα και το κράτος εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων.
13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
14 Και τα τέσσαρα ζώα έλεγον· Αμήν· και οι εικοσιτέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι έπεσαν και προσεκύνησαν τον ζώντα εις τους αιώνας των αιώνων.
14 The four living creatures said, “Amen!” Then the elders fell down and worshiped.
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).
How these were chosen
“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; …
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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)
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Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)