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But one of the twenty-four elders said to me, “Stop weeping! Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the heir to David’s throne,[a] has won the victory. He is worthy to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Footnotes

  1. 5:5 Greek the root of David. See Isa 11:10.

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! See, the Lion(A) of the tribe of Judah,(B) the Root of David,(C) has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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A Branch from David’s Line

11 Out of the stump of David’s family[a] will grow a shoot—
    yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

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Footnotes

  1. 11:1 Hebrew the stump of the line of Jesse. Jesse was King David’s father.

The Branch From Jesse

11 A shoot(A) will come up from the stump(B) of Jesse;(C)
    from his roots a Branch(D) will bear fruit.(E)

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“For the time is coming,”
    says the Lord,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant[a]
    from King David’s line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
    He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
And this will be his name:
    ‘The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’[b]
In that day Judah will be saved,
    and Israel will live in safety.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:5 Hebrew a righteous branch.
  2. 23:6 Hebrew Yahweh Tsidqenu.

“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David[a] a righteous Branch,(A)
a King(B) who will reign(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right(D) in the land.
In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.(E)
This is the name(F) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

16 “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to give you this message for the churches. I am both the source of David and the heir to his throne.[a] I am the bright morning star.”

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Footnotes

  1. 22:16 Greek I am the root and offspring of David.

16 “I, Jesus,(A) have sent my angel(B) to give you[a] this testimony for the churches.(C) I am the Root(D) and the Offspring of David,(E) and the bright Morning Star.”(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:16 The Greek is plural.

14 What I mean is, our Lord came from the tribe of Judah, and Moses never mentioned priests coming from that tribe.

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14 For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah,(A) and in regard to that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.

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12 And in another place Isaiah said,

“The heir to David’s throne[a] will come,
    and he will rule over the Gentiles.
They will place their hope on him.”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 15:12a Greek The root of Jesse. David was the son of Jesse.
  2. 15:12b Isa 11:10 (Greek version).

12 And again, Isaiah says,

“The Root of Jesse(A) will spring up,
    one who will arise to rule over the nations;
    in him the Gentiles will hope.”[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 15:12 Isaiah 11:10 (see Septuagint)

The Good News is about his Son. In his earthly life he was born into King David’s family line,

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regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a](A) was a descendant of David,(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 1:3 Or who according to the flesh

10 In that day the heir to David’s throne[a]
    will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
    and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:10a Hebrew the root of Jesse.
  2. 11:10b Greek version reads In that day the heir to David’s throne [literally the root of Jesse] will come, / and he will rule over the Gentiles. / They will place their hopes on him. Compare Rom 15:12.

Judah, my son, is a young lion
    that has finished eating its prey.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down;
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,
    nor the ruler’s staff from his descendants,[a]
until the coming of the one to whom it belongs,[b]
    the one whom all nations will honor.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:10a Hebrew from between his feet.
  2. 49:10b Or until tribute is brought to him and the peoples obey; traditionally rendered until Shiloh comes.

You are a lion’s(A) cub,(B) Judah;(C)
    you return from the prey,(D) my son.
Like a lion he crouches and lies down,
    like a lioness—who dares to rouse him?
10 The scepter will not depart from Judah,(E)
    nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,[a]
until he to whom it belongs[b] shall come(F)
    and the obedience of the nations shall be his.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 49:10 Or from his descendants
  2. Genesis 49:10 Or to whom tribute belongs; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

The Lamb Breaks the First Six Seals

As I watched, the Lamb broke the first of the seven seals on the scroll.[a] Then I heard one of the four living beings say with a voice like thunder, “Come!”

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Footnotes

  1. 6:1 Or book.

The Seals

I watched as the Lamb(A) opened the first of the seven seals.(B) Then I heard one of the four living creatures(C) say in a voice like thunder,(D) “Come!”

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Twenty-four thrones surrounded him, and twenty-four elders sat on them. They were all clothed in white and had gold crowns on their heads.

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Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders.(A) They were dressed in white(B) and had crowns of gold on their heads.

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16 But now this is what the Lord says:
“Do not weep any longer,
    for I will reward you,” says the Lord.
“Your children will come back to you
    from the distant land of the enemy.

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16 This is what the Lord says:

“Restrain your voice from weeping
    and your eyes from tears,(A)
for your work will be rewarded,(B)
declares the Lord.
    “They will return(C) from the land of the enemy.

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13 Then one of the twenty-four elders asked me, “Who are these who are clothed in white? Where did they come from?”

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13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes(A)—who are they, and where did they come from?”

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