And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”
and I saw a strong messenger crying with a great voice, `Who is worthy to open the scroll and to loose the seals of it?'
And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who [is] worthy to open the book, and to break its seals?
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both