Revelation 5:12

They said in a loud voice, 1 “Worthy is the Lamb who has been slaughtered to receive power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and praise.”

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Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

In Context

11Then I looked and heard the sound of many angels who encircled the throne and the living creatures and the elders. Their total number was ten thousands of ten thousands and thousands of thousands.

13I heard every created thing that was in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and on the sea—everything in them—saying, 1 “To the one who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise, honor, glory, and the power to rule, forever and ever.”

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Cross References

Zechariah 13:7“Sword! Rouse yourself against my shepherd, 1 the man who stands close to me— 1 this is the declaration of Yahweh of hosts. 1 Strike the shepherd, 1 and the flock will scatter! 1 For I will turn my hand against the lowly ones. 1

John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look, there is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 17:2just as you gave him authority over all flesh so that he would give eternal life to everyone whom you have given him.

Philippians 2:9Therefore God also highly exalted him. 1 He gave him the name that is above every name. 1

Revelation 4:11“Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, 2 to receive glory and honor and power, 1 for you created all things, 2 and by your will they existed and were created.”

Revelation 5:9They sang a new song: 1 “You are worthy to take the scroll 2 and to open its seals. 1 For you were slaughtered, and with your blood you purchased people for God 2 from every tribe, language, people, and nation. 1

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:7-14

The Sealed Book. ( a. d. 95.) 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full… Read the whole commentary →

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