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Revelation 5 General Notes

Structure and Formatting

In this chapter, John continues to describe a vision of heaven that God showed him.Some translations set each line of poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to make it easier to read. The ULT does this in verses 9-13.

Religious and Cultural Concepts in This Chapter

Sealed scroll

Kings and important people in John’s time wrote important documents on large pieces of paper or animal skin. They then rolled them up and sealed them with wax so they would stay closed. Only the person to whom the document was written had the authority to open it by breaking the seal. In this chapter, “the one who was seated on the throne” had written the scroll. Only the person called “the Lion of the tribe of Judah,” “the Root of David” and “the Lamb” had the authority to open it. (See: scroll and authority)

Twenty-four elders

The 24 elders whom John introduced in chapter 4 appear in this chapter as well. In your translation, you can use the same term for them here as you did there.

Parallel REV 5:0

Revelation 5 General Notes

Structure and Formatting

Religious and Cultural Concepts in This Chapter

Sealed scroll

Twenty-four elders