Revelation 5:4

The Message

I wept and wept and wept that no one was found able to open the scroll, able to read it. One of the Elders said, “Don’t weep. Look—the Lion from Tribe Judah, the Root of David’s Tree, has conquered. He can open the scroll, can rip through the seven seals.”

Cross References

Revelation 4:1

Then I looked, and, oh!—a door open into Heaven. The trumpet-voice, the first voice in my vision, called out, “Ascend and enter. I’ll show you what happens next.”

Revelation 5:3

There was no one—no one in Heaven, no one on earth, no one from the underworld—able to break open the scroll and read it.