Revelation 5:5

Contemporary English Version

⁵^(A) Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying and look! The one who is called both the ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’^[a] and ‘King David's Great Descendant’^[b] has won the victory. He will open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Footnotes

5.5 ‘Lion from the Tribe of Judah’: In Genesis 49.9 the tribe of Judah is called a young lion, and King David was from Judah.
5.5 ‘King David's Great Descendant’: The Greek text has “the root of David” which is a title for the Messiah based on Isaiah 11.1,10.

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Revelation 22:16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁶^(A) I am Jesus! And I am the one who sent my angel to tell all of you these things for the churches. I am David's Great Descendant,^[a] and I am also the bright morning star.^[b]

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