⁵ Then one of the elders said to me, “Stop crying. Look! The Lion from the tribe of Judah,^(A) the Root of David,^(B) has been victorious^(C) so that He may open the scroll and^[a] its seven seals.”

¹⁶ “I, Jesus, have sent My angel to attest these things to you^[a] for the churches. I am the Root^(A) and the Offspring of David,^(B) the Bright Morning Star.”^(C)