1 Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον, γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν,*35 Ma,b,d,e⅔,f,g,h,i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ οπισθεν Me⅓ (ℵ)A,NU,TR κατεσφραγισμένον σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά. 2 Καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν κηρύσσοντα*35 Md,ept,hpt CP,TR ¦ 1 εν Ma,b,ept,f,g,hpt,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU φωνῇ μεγάλη, «Τίς ἄξιός*35 Mept,h ℵA,CP,NU ¦ 1 εστιν Ma,b,d,ept,f,g,i RP,HF,OC ¦ εστιν 1 TR (Does the absence of the verb emphasize the adjective?) ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λῦσαι τὰς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ;» 3 Καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο*35 Ma,b,d⅓,e⅖,f,g⅓,hpt,ipt ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ηδυνατο Md⅔,ept,g⅔,hpt,ipt A,TR ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ*35 Md,e,h⅔ ℵA,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 ανω Ma,b,e¼,f,g,h⅓,i RP,HF οὐδὲ*35 Md,ept,g,h,i⅕ A,CP,NU,TR ¦ ουτε Ma,b,ept,f,h¼,i⅔ ℵ,RP,HF,OC ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ*35 Md,ept,g,h,i⅕ A,CP,NU,TR ¦ ουτε Ma,b,ept,f,h¼,i⅔ RP,HF,OC ¦ --- Ma⅙ ℵ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον οὐδὲ*35 Md,ept,hpt CP,TR ¦ ουτε Ma,b,ept,f,g,hpt,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU βλέπειν αὐτό. 4 Καὶ ἐγὼ* ¦ --- Mept ℵ,NU ¦ A omits the whole verse ἔκλαιον πολύ,* ¦ πολλα TR ¦ A omits the whole verse ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι καὶ ἀναγνῶναι*35 Md⅕,e,g⅓,i⅓ CP,TR ¦ --- Ma,b,d,e⅕,f,g⅔,h,i⅔ ℵ,RP,HF,OC,NU (The clause forces an awkward meaning upon βλεπειν αυτο, which now must really mean ‘look at it’.) τὸ βιβλίον, οὔτε βλέπειν αὐτό.

5 Καὶ εἷς ἐκ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων λέγει μοι· «Μὴ κλαῖε· ἰδού, ἐνίκησεν ὁ λέων ὁ* ¦ 1 ων Me¼ TR ¦ --- Mh⅔ ℵ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ, ἀνοῖξαι*35 Md,e,g,h ℵA,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ ο ανοιγων Ma,b,f,i RP,HF τὸ βιβλίον καὶ* ¦ 1 λυσαι ℵ,TR τὰς ἑπτὰ σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ.» 6 Καὶ εἶδον* ¦ ιδον [22 assorted mss] ¦ 1 και ιδου Mb CP,TR ¦ ιδου και A ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν τεσσάρων ζῴων, καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων, Ἀρνίον ἑστηκός* ¦ εστηκως Mb⅖,e⅓,g¼ ℵ—ὡς ἐσφαγμένον, ἔχον* ¦ εχων Md⅕,e¼,g,h¼ 𝕻24ℵA,NU κέρατα ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑπτά, ἅ*35 Ma,b,d,f,g,i CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ οι Me,h ℵA,NU,TR (The gender agrees with ‘horns’, not ‘eyes’, which is unexpected.) εἰσιν τὰ ἑπτὰ* [NU] ¦ --- Mept A πνεύματα τοῦ Θεοῦ* ¦ ∼ 231 Mept TR ἀποστελλόμενα*35 Ma,b,e¼,f,i¾ CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ τα 1 Me¼,g,i⅕ ¦ τα απεσταλμενα Md¾,ept TR ¦ απεσταλμενα Mhpt 𝕻24ℵ ¦ απεσταλμενοι A,NU εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. 7 Καὶ ἦλθεν καὶ εἴληφεν* ¦ 1 το βιβλιον TR ¦ add το βιβλιον at end of verse Mept ἐκ τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου.

8 Καὶ ὅτε ἔλαβεν τὸ βιβλίον τὰ τέσσαρα*35⅖ Ma,b,d,e,f,gpt,h,i CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ τεσσερα ℵA ¦ δ΄ f35⅗ Mgpt ζῷα καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες*35¼ Ma⅓,b,dpt,ept,f,gpt,hpt,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU,TR ¦ κδ΄ f35 Ma⅔,dpt,ept,gpt,hpt πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεσον* ¦ επεσαν Ma¼,e¼,g ℵA,OC,NU ἐνώπιον τοῦ Ἀρνίου, ἔχοντες ἕκαστος κιθάρας,*35 Md⅓,e,g,ipt CP,TR ¦ κιθαραν Ma,b,d⅔,e¼,f,h,ipt ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU καὶ φιάλας χρυσᾶς γεμούσας θυμιαμάτων, αἵ εἰσιν αἱ*35 Ma⅙,b⅖,d,e,g,h,ipt A,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ --- Ma,b⅗,e¼,f,g¼,ipt ℵ,RP,HF προσευχαὶ τῶν ἁγίων. 9 Καὶ ᾄδουσιν ᾠδὴν καινὴν λέγοντες· «Ἄξιος εἶ λαβεῖν τὸ βιβλίον καὶ ἀνοῖξαι τὰς σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἐσφάγης, καὶ ἠγόρασας τῷ Θεῷ ἡμᾶς*35 Ma,d,e⅔,f,h,i⅗ ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC,TR ¦ ∼ 312 Mb,g,i⅖ ¦ 3 Me⅓ ¦ 12 A,NU [Why do you suppose NU follows a single MS, of demonstrably inferior quality in Revelation (objectively so), against virtually all others (perhaps six scattered cursives have ‘our’ for ‘us’) plus lat,syr,bo? And why do the editors of modern versions follow their lead? Why? (Hoskier says the word was ‘lost’ in the transition from one column to the next—I don’t have access to a facsimile of the codex to check it, but assuming that Hoskier is correct about the location then the omission was probably inadvertent, one of the many slips that disfigure the MS.)] ἐν τῷ αἵματί σου ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς καὶ γλώσσης καὶ λαοῦ καὶ ἔθνους· 10 καὶ ἐποίησας αὐτοὺς* ¦ ημας TR τῷ Θεῷ ἡμῶν βασιλεῖς καὶ ἱερεῖς,* ¦ βασιλειαν 23 Mhpt A,NU ¦ βασιλιαν 2 ιερατειαν ℵ καὶ βασιλεύσουσιν*35 Mapt,b,d⅗,e⅔,f⅔,g,h⅓,i ℵ,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ βασιλευουσιν Mapt,d⅖,e⅓,f⅓,g¼,h⅔ A,CP ¦ βασιλευσομεν TR ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.»

11 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἤκουσα ὡς*35 Ma,b,d¼,ept,f,g,hpt,i ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC ¦ --- Md,ept,hpt A,NU,TR φωνὴν ἀγγέλων πολλῶν, κύκλῳ* ¦ κυκλοθεν TR τοῦ θρόνου καὶ τῶν ζῴων καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων. Καὶ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὸς αὐτῶν μυριάδες μυριάδων καὶ χιλιάδες χιλιάδων, 12 λέγοντες φωνῇ μεγάλῃ· «Ἄξιόν ἐστιν τὸ Ἀρνίον τὸ ἐσφαγμένον λαβεῖν τὴν δύναμιν καὶ*35 Ma⅙,d,e,h ℵA,CP,NU,TR ¦ 1 τον Ma,b,e⅕,f,g,i RP,HF,OC (OC is in small print.) πλοῦτον καὶ σοφίαν καὶ ἰσχὺν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν καὶ εὐλογίαν.»

13 Καὶ πᾶν κτίσμα ὅ ἐστιν*35 Mb,d,e,h¼,i⅓ CP,TR ¦ --- Ma,f,g,h,i⅔ ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς*35 Ma,b,e,f,g,h,i ℵA,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ 13 Md,g¼ ¦ εν τη γη Md⅐,e¼ TR καὶ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης (ἅ ἐστιν*35 Ma⅙,d¼,e,h⅓,ipt CP,TR ¦ οσα 2 Mb ¦ 2 Ma,f,g,h⅓,ipt A,RP,HF,OC ¦ --- Md,h⅓ ℵ,NU καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς)—πάντας*35 Ma⅔,d¼,ept,fpt,g,hpt,i⅗ CP,RP,HF ¦ και 1 Md⅗ ¦ παντα Ma⅕,ept,fpt,hpt,i⅕ A,OC,NU,TR ¦ παντα και Mb,d⅕ ℵ ἤκουσα λέγοντας· «Τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου*35 Ma⅓,d,e,g⅓,h,i⅔ ℵ,CP,RP,OC,TR ¦ τω θρονω Ma⅔,b,f,g⅔,i⅓ A,HF,NU καὶ τῷ Ἀρνίῳ· ἡ εὐλογία καὶ ἡ τιμὴ καὶ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.»*35 Ma,d,e,f,gpt,hpt,i CP,RP,HF ¦ --- Mb,e⅙,gpt,hpt ℵA,OC,NU,TR 14 (Καὶ τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα λέγοντα τὸ*35 Ma,f,ipt CP,RP,HF ¦ ελεγεν 2 Mb ¦ ελεγον 2 Mg,i¼ ¦ ελεγον Ma¼,d,e,h ℵA,OC,NU,TR (The participle is controlled by ηκουσα; the article should be read in any case.) Ἀμήν.) Καὶ οἱ* ¦ 1 εικοσι τεσσαρες TR πρεσβύτεροι ἔπεσον*35 Ma⅔,d,e⅗,f,h,i CP,RP,HF ¦ επεσαν Ma⅓,b,e⅖,g,h¼,i2/7 ℵA,OC,NU,TR καὶ προσεκύνησαν.* ¦ 1 ζωντι εις τους αιωνας των αιωνων TR