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Revelation 5:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.


Revelation 5:4Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 5:414 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἐγὼegō
I was weepingpronounG1473
ἔκλαιονeklaion
becauseverbG2799
πολὺpoly
no oneadjectiveG4183
ὅτιhoti
worthywordG3754
οὐδεὶςoudeis
was foundadjectiveG3762
ἄξιοςaxios
to openadjectiveG514
εὑρέθηheurethē
andverbG2147
ἀνοῖξαιanoixai
to readverbG455
τὸto
thearticleG3588
βιβλίονbiblion
scrollnounG975
οὔτεoute
norwordG3777
βλέπεινblepein
to seeverbG991
αὐτόauto
itpronounG846
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 5:4

“There was none found worthy to do this.” Neither among the angels of heaven, nor among men in earth, nor among the souls of the saints in rest, save Christ the Son of God alone, whom he says that he saw as a Lamb standing as it were slain, having seven horns. What had not been then announced, and what the law had contemplated for Him by its various oblations and sacrifices, it behooved Himself to fulfil. And because He Himself was the testator, who had overcome death, it was…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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