Discovery BoxRevelation 5:2-3 
Context5:2 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.
Revelation 5:5
Context5:5 Then 2 one of the elders said 3 to me, “Stop weeping! 4 Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; 5 thus he can open 6 the scroll and its seven seals.”
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 “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
3 tn Grk “says” (a historical present).
4 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).
5 tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”
6 tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.
