Discovery BoxRevelation 5:5 
Context5:5 Then 1 one of the elders said 2 to me, “Stop weeping! 3 Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; 4 thus he can open 5 the scroll and its seven seals.”
Revelation 9:20
Context9:20 The rest of humanity, who had not been killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, so that they did not stop worshiping demons and idols made 6 of gold, silver, 7 bronze, stone, and wood – idols that cannot see or hear or walk about.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.
2 tn Grk “says” (a historical present).
3 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).
4 tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”
5 tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.
6 tn The word “made” is not in the Greek text but is implied.
7 tn The Greek conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here or before the following materials in this list, since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
