Revelation 5
| Revelation 5 | |
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Revelation 1:13-2:1 on the verso side of Papyrus 98 from the second century. | |
| Book | Book of Revelation |
| Bible part | New Testament |
| Order in the Bible part | 27 |
| Category | Apocalypse |
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Revelation 5 is the fifth chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle.[3][4]
Text
- The original text is written in Koine Greek.
- Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
- Papyrus 115 (ca. AD 275; extant: verses 8-9)
- Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
- Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
- This chapter is divided into 14 verses.
Structure
This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):
- Revelation 5:1-7 = The Lamb Takes the Scroll
- Revelation 5:8-14 = Worthy Is the Lamb
Verse 5
- But one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the scroll and to loose its seven seals.”[5]
Cross reference: Isaiah 11:10
Verse 11
- Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,[6]
Verse 12
- saying with a loud voice:
- “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
- To receive power and riches and wisdom,
- And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”[7]
Verse 13
- And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
- “Blessing and honor and glory and power
- Be to Him who sits on the throne,
- And to the Lamb, forever and ever!”[8]
Verse 14
- Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.[9][10]
See also
- David
- Jesus Christ
- John's vision of the Son of Man
- Judah (biblical person)
- Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament
- Tetramorph
- Related Bible parts: Isaiah 11, Revelation 4, Revelation 6, Revelation 22
References
- ↑ Halley, Henry H. Halley's Bible Handbook: an abbreviated Bible commentary. 23rd edition. Zondervan Publishing House. 1962.
- ↑ Holman Illustrated Bible Handbook. Holman Bible Publishers, Nashville, Tennessee. 2012.
- ↑ Davids, Peter H (1982). I Howard Marshall and W Ward Gasque, ed. New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Epistle of James (Repr. ed.). Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans. ISBN 0802823882.
- ↑ Evans, Craig A (2005). Craig A Evans, ed. Bible Knowledge Background Commentary: John, Hebrews-Revelation. Colorado Springs, Colo.: Victor. ISBN 0781442281.
- ↑ Revelation 5:5
- ↑ Revelation 5:11
- ↑ Revelation 5:12
- ↑ Revelation 5:13
- ↑ Revelation 5:14
- ↑ John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible - Revelation 5:14
This article incorporates text from a work in the public domain: Gill, John. Exposition of the Entire Bible (1746-1763).
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