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Then kai I saw in epi the ho right hand dexios of the ho one who was seated kathēmai on epi the ho throne thronos a scroll biblion written graphō inside esōthen and kai on the back opisthen, sealed katasphragizō with seven hepta seals sphragis. And kai I saw a powerful ischuros angel angelos proclaiming kēryssō in en a loud megas voice phōnē, “ Who tis is worthy axios to open anoigō the ho scroll biblion and kai break lyō · ho its autos seals sphragis?” But kai no one oudeis in en · ho heaven ouranos or oude on epi · ho earth or oude under hypokatō the ho earth was able dynamai to open anoigō the ho scroll biblion or oute look blepō into it autos. So kai I began to weep klaiō bitterly polys because hoti no one oudeis was found heuriskō worthy axios to open anoigō the ho scroll biblion or oute to look blepō into it autos. Then kai one heis of ek the ho elders presbyteros said legō to me egō, “ Stop weeping klaiō! Look idou, the ho Lion leōn · ho of ek the ho tribe phylē of Judah Ioudas, the ho root rhiza of David Dauid, has won the victory nikaō so that he can open anoigō the ho scroll biblion and kai · ho its autos seven hepta seals sphragis.” And kai I saw standing histēmi there, between en mesos the ho throne thronos and kai the ho four tessares living creatures zōon and kai among en mesos the ho elders presbyteros, a Lamb arnion that appeared hōs to have been killed sphazō, having echō seven hepta horns keras and kai seven hepta eyes ophthalmos, which hos are eimi the ho seven hepta spirits pneuma of ho God theos sent out apostellō into eis all pas the ho earth . And kai he went erchomai and kai took lambanō the scroll from ek the ho right hand dexios of the ho one who was seated kathēmai on epi the ho throne thronos.

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The Scroll and the Lamb

And I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals; and I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I wept much that no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then one of the elders said to me, “Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

And between the throne and the four living creatures and among the elders, I saw a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, with seven horns and with seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth; and he went and took the scroll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne.

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