⁵ Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep. Look, the Lion from the tribe of Judah,^(A) the Root of David,^(B) has conquered^(C) so that he is able to open the scroll and^[a] its seven seals.”

¹⁶ “I, Jesus, have sent my angel to attest these things to you for the churches. I am the Root^(A) and descendant of David,^(B) the bright morning star.”^(C)