The Lamb takes the scroll
1 Καὶ εἶδον ἐπὶ τὴν δεξιὰν τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου βιβλίον, γεγραμμένον ἔσωθεν καὶ ἔξωθεν,εξωθεν f35 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 κηρύσσοντακηρυσσοντα f35 Md,ept,hpt CP,TR ¦ 1 εν Ma,b,ept,f,g,hpt,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU φωνῇ μεγάλη, «Τίς ἄξιόςαξιος f35 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 ἐδύνατοεδυνατο f35 Ma,b,d⅓,e⅖,f,g⅓,hpt,ipt ℵ,CP,RP,HF,OC,NU ¦ ηδυνατο Md⅔,ept,g⅔,hpt,ipt A,TR ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷουρανω f35 Md,e,h⅔ ℵA,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ 1 ανω Ma,b,e¼,f,g,h⅓,i RP,HF οὐδὲουδε f35 Md,ept,g,h,i⅕ A,CP,NU,TR ¦ ουτε Ma,b,ept,f,h¼,i⅔ ℵ,RP,HF,OC ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς οὐδὲουδε f35 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 οὐδὲουδε f35 Md,ept,hpt CP,TR ¦ ουτε Ma,b,ept,f,g,hpt,i ℵA,RP,HF,OC,NU βλέπειν αὐτό. 4 Καὶ ἐγὼεγω rell ¦ --- Mept ℵ,NU ¦ A omits the whole verse ἔκλαιον πολύ,πολυ rell ¦ πολλα TR ¦ A omits the whole verse ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἄξιος εὑρέθη ἀνοῖξαι καὶ ἀναγνῶναικαι αναγνωναι f35 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 ὁο rell ¦ 1 ων Me¼ TR ¦ --- Mh⅔ ℵ ἐκ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἡ ῥίζα Δαυίδ, ἀνοῖξαιανοιξαι f35 Md,e,g,h ℵA,CP,OC,NU,TR ¦ ο ανοιγων Ma,b,f,i RP,HF τὸ βιβλίον καὶκαι rell ¦ 1 λυσαι ℵ,TR τὰς ἑπτὰ σφραγῖδας αὐτοῦ.» 6 Καὶ εἶδονειδον rell ¦ 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 ἑστηκόςεστηκος rell ¦ εστηκως Mb⅖,e⅓,g¼ ℵ—ὡς ἐσφαγμένον, ἔχονεχον rell ¦ εχων Md⅕,e¼,g,h¼ 𝕻24ℵA,NU κέρατα ἑπτὰ καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἑπτά, ἅα f35 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 ἑπτὰεπτα rell [NU] ¦ --- Mept A πνεύματα τοῦ Θεοῦπνευματα του θεου rell ¦ ∼ 231 Mept TR ἀποστελλόμενααποστελλομενα f35 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.