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One of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David,[a] has triumphed, enabling him to open the scroll with its seven seals.”(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5 The lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David: these are the messianic titles applied to Christ to symbolize his victory; cf. Rev 22:16; Gn 49:9; Is 11:1, 10; Mt 1:1.

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(A) of the tribe of Judah,(B) the Root of David,(C) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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