¹⁰ And they cried out in a loud voice:

¹⁴ I answered, “Sir, you know.”

And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes^(A) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.^(B)

³ And they sang a new song^(A) before the throne and before the four living creatures^(B) and the elders.^(C) No one could learn the song except the 144,000^(D) who had been redeemed from the earth. ⁴ These are those who did not defile themselves with women, for they remained virgins.^(E) They follow the Lamb wherever he goes.^(F) They were purchased from among mankind^(G) and offered as firstfruits^(H) to God and the Lamb. ⁵ No lie was found in their mouths;^(I) they are blameless.^(J)

(Fine linen stands for the righteous acts^(B) of God’s holy people.)