Revelation 5:2-5

5:2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” 5:3 But ¹  no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it. 5:4 So ²  I began weeping bitterly ³  because no one was found who was worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5:5 Then ⁴  one of the elders said ⁵  to me, “Stop weeping! ⁶  Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; ⁷  thus he can open ⁸  the scroll and its seven seals.”

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¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the implied result of no one being found worthy to open the scroll.

³ tn Grk “much.”

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

⁵ tn Grk “says” (a historical present).

⁶ tn The present imperative with μή (mh) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example).

⁷ tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”

⁸ tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.