Revelation · 14 verses
Revelation 5
Every verse links to the people and places named in it, and to the passages readers connect it with.
The chapter
What happens here
Atlas's own reading, written from this chapter and nothing else, and published only once a person has approved it. Each scene names the verses it covers; the names inside it link to the people and places they name.
The promised Lion arrives looking like a slain Lamb, with seven horns and seven eyes, and the whole universe finds its voice.
The scroll and the Lambvv. 1–7
A scroll sits in the right hand of the One seated on the throne, written on both sides and sealed seven times over. A mighty angel asks the entire cosmos who is worthy to open it, and the answer is a devastating silence: no one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth can even look inside. The speaker weeps bitterly until an elder announces the Lion of Judah, the Root of David. Then comes the delightful strangeness of the vision: the Lion is seen as a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, with seven horns and seven eyes. He comes and takes the scroll.
The universe says Amenvv. 8–14
Once the Lamb has the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fall down before him, each with a harp and a golden bowl full of incense—the prayers of the saints. They sing a new song about the Lamb’s death and the peoples purchased for God, then myriads of angels join in. At last every creature in heaven, on earth, under the earth, and in the sea praises the One on the throne and the Lamb. The living creatures offer the single, neat word “Amen”; the elders contribute no further speech, but fall down and worship. It is a remarkably economical ending to an astonishingly large choir.
The text
Read it
Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Names the Hebrew and Greek put in the verse link to the person, place or people they name; the address beside each verse is a link to that verse, which is what a reader copies and shares.
Rev 5:1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.
Rev 5:2And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
Rev 5:3But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look inside it.
Rev 5:4And I began to weep bitterly, because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.
Rev 5:5Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Rev 5:6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Rev 5:7And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.
Rev 5:8When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
Rev 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
Rev 5:10You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
Rev 5:11Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels encircling the throne, and the living creatures and the elders. And their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.
Rev 5:12In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”
Rev 5:13And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”
Rev 5:14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.
02 — Read alongside
Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 194 passages were voted onto 14 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 91 Peter 1:18–19For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 91 John 1:7But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- 9Matthew 26:28This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
- 12Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.
- 8Psalms 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
- 5Isaiah 11:1Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- 5Jeremiah 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- 9Romans 3:24–26and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus.
- 8Revelation 8:3–4Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
- 9Psalms 40:3He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear and put their trust in the LORD.
- 5Revelation 22:16“I, Jesus, have sent My angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the bright Morning Star.”
- 13Philippians 2:10that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- 5Romans 15:12And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
- 6Zechariah 4:10For who has despised the day of small things? But these seven eyes of the LORD, which scan the whole earth, will rejoice when they see the plumb line in the hand of Zerubbabel.”
- 5Hebrews 7:14For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
- 5Romans 1:3regarding His Son, who was a descendant of David according to the flesh,
Onward