Revelation 5:2-3

5:2 And I saw a powerful angel proclaiming in a loud voice: “Who is worthy to open the scroll and to break its seals?” 5:3 But ¹  no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or look into it.

Revelation 5:5

5:5 Then ²  one of the elders said ³  to me, “Stop weeping! ⁴  Look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the root of David, has conquered; ⁵  thus he can open ⁶  the scroll and its seven seals.”

¹ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present in this context.

² tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence within the narrative.

³ tn Grk “says” (a historical present).

⁴ tn The present imperative with μή (mh) is used here to command cessation of an action in progress (ExSyn 724 lists this verse as an example).

⁵ tn Or “has been victorious”; traditionally, “has overcome.”

⁶ tn The infinitive has been translated as an infinitive of result here.