1. I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne. It had writing both on the inside and on the outside. It was sealed with seven seals.
2. I saw a powerful angel calling out in a loud voice, “Who deserves to open the scroll and break the seals on it?”
3. No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.
4. I cried bitterly because no one was found who deserved to open the scroll or look inside it.
5. Then one of the leaders said to me, “Stop crying! The Lion from the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has won the victory. He can open the scroll and the seven seals on it.”