Revelation 5:5

Contemporary English Version 1995

Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying and look! The one who is called both the ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’ and ‘King David's Great Descendant’ has won the victory. He will open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Cross References

Isaiah 11:1

Like a branch that sprouts from a stump, someone from David's family will someday be king.

Revelation 22:16

I am Jesus! And I am the one who sent my angel to tell all of you these things for the churches. I am David's Great Descendant, and I am also the bright morning star.

Hebrews 7:14

Everyone knows he came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never said priests would come from that tribe.

Romans 15:12

Isaiah says, “Someone from David's family will come to power. He will rule the nations, and they will put their hope in him.”

Romans 1:3

This good news is about his Son, our Lord Jesus Christ! As a human, he was from the family of David. But the Holy Spirit proved that Jesus is the powerful Son of God, because he was raised from death.

Isaiah 11:10

The time is coming when one of David's descendants will be the signal for the people of all nations to come together. They will follow his advice, and his own nation will become famous.

Revelation 6:1

At the same time I saw the Lamb open the first of the seven seals, I heard one of the four living creatures shout with a voice like thunder. It said, “Come out!”

Revelation 4:4

Twenty-four other thrones were in a circle around that throne. And on each of these thrones there was an elder dressed in white clothes and wearing a gold crown.

Jeremiah 31:16

But I, the Lord, say to dry your tears. Someday your children will come home from the enemy's land. Then all you have done for them will be greatly rewarded.

Revelation 7:13

One of the elders asked me, “Do you know who these people are that are dressed in white robes? Do you know where they come from?”

Revelation 4:10

At the same time the 24 elders knelt down before the one sitting on the throne. And as they worshiped the one who lives forever, they placed their crowns in front of the throne and said,

Revelation 1:1

This is what God showed to Jesus Christ, so that he could tell his servants what must happen soon. Christ then sent his angel with the message to his servant John.

John 20:13

The angels asked Mary, “Why are you crying?” She answered, “They have taken away my Lord's body! I don't know where they have put him.”

Luke 7:13

When the Lord saw the woman, he felt sorry for her and said, “Don't cry!”

Numbers 24:9

Like a lion you lie down, resting after an attack. Who would dare disturb you? “Anyone who blesses you will be blessed; anyone who curses you will be cursed.”

Luke 23:28

Jesus turned to the women and said: Women of Jerusalem, don't cry for me! Cry for yourselves and for your children.

Luke 8:52

Everyone was crying and weeping for the girl. But Jesus said, “The child isn't dead. She is just asleep.”

Daniel 7:16

So I asked one of those standing there, and he explained,

Revelation 3:21

Everyone who wins the victory will sit with me on my throne, just as I won the victory and sat with my Father on his throne.

Revelation 5:4

I cried hard because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or look inside it.

2 Chronicles 9:18

It had a gold footstool attached to it and armrests on each side. There was a statue of a lion on each side of the throne,

Job 41:15

Its back is covered with shield after shield,