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(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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

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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Footnotes

  1. 22.16 David's Great Descendant: See the note at 5.5.
  2. 22.16 the bright morning star: Probably thought of as the brightest star (see 2.27,28).

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