 | Geoffrey William Bromiley - 1979 - 1064 pages
...read its contents. When John weeps because the book can not be opened, he is told, "Weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered [lit., has won a victory], so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals" (Rev. 5:5). When John... | |
 | N. T. Wright - 1995 - 132 pages
...worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. Then one of the elders said to me, 'Don't weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.' Then [John continues] I saw . . . a Lamb standing... | |
 | Graham Harvey - 1996 - 328 pages
...traditional occupation for members of the tribe Judah is referred to at Rev 5:5, "weep not; lo, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered". If being a Judean precludes priesthood it is a necessary qualification for royalty. Where Hebrews has... | |
 | Charles Freeman Sleeper - 1996 - 164 pages
...has been found capable of opening the seven seals. One of the twenty-four elders announces that "the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered" and can open the seals (5:5). This is messianic language. It identifies Jesus as the descendant of... | |
 | Ronald L. Farmer - 1997 - 292 pages
...That not a single person was found worthy sets in bold relief the announcement of the elder that "the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David," has conquered (aorist tense) so that he can open the scroll. That the announcement is couched in the traditional... | |
 | E. Elochukwu Uzukwu - 1997 - 386 pages
...Christ or the Lamb who will open the scroll will be exalted above the angels (cf. Heb 2:5-9): "the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals" (Rev 5:5). The inspiration of the enthronement... | |
 | Geoffrey Wainwright - 1997 - 208 pages
..."abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel" (2 Tim. 1:10). "The Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered" (Rev. 5:5); the inscription he now bears is "King of kings and Lord of lords" (Rev. 19:16). "Fear not,"... | |
 | Russell Pregeant - 1997 - 620 pages
...70-102. The statement in 5:3 that no one was found worthy dramatizes the announcement in v. 5 that "the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals." The messianic image here clearly suggests militaristic,... | |
 | Stephen H. Webb - 1998 - 235 pages
...of the scroll with seven seals, which nobody can open. Revelation 5:5 says, "Do not weep. See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals." But the very next verse switches to the image... | |
 | Nathaniel Samuel Murrell, William David Spencer, Adrian Anthony McFarlane - 1998 - 488 pages
...the King James Version's rendering of verse 5: "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.'" As this text is made applicable to Selassie's... | |
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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. 
