Revelation 5:4

New International Reader's Version

I cried and cried. That’s because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or look inside.

Cross References

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked, and there in front of me was a door standing open in heaven. I heard the voice I had heard before. It sounded like a trumpet. The voice said, “Come up here. I will show you what must happen after this.”

Revelation 5:3

But no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth could open the scroll. No one could even look inside it.

Revelation 5:5

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not cry! The Lion of the tribe of Judah has won the battle. He is the Root of David. He is able to break the seven seals and open the scroll.”