Revelation 5:11-14
Please consider your sponsorship or support of The Text This Week.
- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Greek Interlinear Bible, ScrTR, ScrTR t, Strong, Parsing, CGTS, CGES id, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible - KJV, alternate versions, Greek text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary (Matthew Henry, Wesley's Notes, Geneva Notes, etc) & sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- VIII.XVII, Against Celsus, Origen. (c.246)
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "...A finite number, but almost infinite."
- From
Matthew
Henry's Commentary.
- "Happy those who shall adore and praise in heaven, and who shall for ever bless the Lamb, who delivered and set them apart for himself by his blood. How worthy art thou, O God, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, of our highest praises! All creatures should proclaim thy greatness, and adore thy majesty."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "It is remarkable, that men are represented through this whole vision as nearer to God than any of the angels."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- From
The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "They, then, though they may be in sympathy with, are different from the animated creation. Four orders join in these honors to the Lamb: (1) The Living Creatures; the Cherubim; (2) the Twenty-four Elders; (3) the Angels; (4) all Animate Creation."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies, and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Revelation 5:11-14,ISarel Kamaudzandu, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2016.
- "Revelation summons its readers to manifest their loyalty to God, the Lamb, and the Holy Spirit to a life of worship"
- Commentary,
Revelation 5:11-14, Barbara Rossing, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2013.
- "Most surprisingly, Revelation introduces Jesus not as the expected fierce apocalyptic lion (Revelation 5:5, from Genesis 49:9), but rather as a “Lamb� (literally the diminutive word, “little lamb�). No other Jewish apocalypse portrays its hero as a Lamb."
- The Center for Excellence in Preaching, resources from Calvin Theological Seminary: Comments & Observations, Textual Points, Illustration Ideas, 2016.
- Commentary, Revelation 5:11-14, Cara Shonamon, A Plain Account, 2016
- "This part of Revelation is reminiscent of the Kenotic Hymn found in Philippians 2 saying that "every knee should bend, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." Everyone will confess that Christ is Lord and he is Lord not because he roars like a lion but because he lives as the slaughtered Lamb."
- "The Power of Life," Alan Brehm The Waking Dreamer.
- "Like a great infusion of healing medicine, the new life 'injected' into this world is working its way through all creation. We see the power of that new life reflected in the lives of those around us in many ways already. And the good news of the gospel is that there is nothing that can stop it from 'making all things new.'"
-
Commentary,
Revelation 5:11-14, Walter F. Taylor, Jr., Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2010.
- "Certain questions in life we ask repeatedly."
-
"First
Thoughts on Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Easter 3, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
- "'Worthy is the lamb!' opens for us the opportunity to turn our thinking and our living upside down."
-
Commentary, Revelation 5:1-14, Luke A. Powery,
The African American Lectionary, 2008.
- "The hymns of Revelation occur in the middle of oppression, the same human birthplace of hip hop."
- "The Song of the Lamb," God's Song of Revelation: From Easter to Pentecost in the Apocalypse, Wendell W. Frerichs , Word & World Texts in Context, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, 1986.
- "Revelation Texts in Easter," Mary Hinkle, Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary, Pilgrim Preaching.
- "'The Lamb Who Was Slain Has Begun His Reign. Amen!' Texts from the Revelation to John for the Sundays of Easter," James H. Burtness, Word & World, 1992.
- "Worthy Is the Lamb," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed textual notes.
-
Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
Revelation 5:11-14, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
- "We cry out for filling, for we are nothing. In crying out, our emptiness is filled."
- "The Seven
Sealed Books and the Lion Who Was Also A Lamb (Revelation 5:1-14)," by J. Hampton
Keathley III at the Biblical Studies Foundation.
- "May we now be living to the glory of God as those who love Him and are living in the moment-by-moment expectation of the Savior?s coming."
- "The Control of History in the End-Time," from The Most Revealing Book of the Bible, Vernard Eller.
- Commentary,
Revelation 5:11-14,ISarel Kamaudzandu, Preaching This Week, WorkingPreacher.org,
2016.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices. Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Achtemeier, Paul J.,
"Revelation 5:1-14: Expository Article," Interpretation, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Burtness, James H.,
"'The Lamb Who Was Slain Has Begun His Reign. Amen!' Texts from the Revelation
to John for the Sundays of Easter," Word & World, 1992.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Charles, J. Daryl,
"An Apocalyptic Tribute to the Lamb (Rev. 5:1-14)," Journal of the
Evangelical Theological Society, 1991.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Frerichs, Wendell W.,
"God's Song of Revelation: From Easter to Pentecost in the Apocalypse,"
Word & World, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hurtado, L.W.,
"Revelation 4-5 in the Light of Jewish Apocalyptic Analogies," Journal
for the Study of the New Testament, 1985.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - MacLeod, David J., "The Adoration of God the Redeemer: An
Exposition of Revelation 5:8-14," Bibliotheca Sacra, 2007.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Morton, Russell,
"Glory to God and to the Lamb: John's Use of Jewish and Hellenistic/Roman
Themes in Formatting his Theology in Revelation 4-5," Journal for the
Study of the New Testament, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Munoa, Phillip B., III, "Jesus, the Merkavah, and Martyrdom in Early Christian Tradition,"
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - O'Brien, Kevin John,
"Revelation 5:1-14," Interpretation, 1999.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Stefanovic, Ranko, "The Meaning and Significance of
EPI TNV DEXIAN for the Location of the Sealed Scroll (Revelation
5:1) and Understanding of the Scene of Revelation 5," Biblical
Research, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Williamson, Robert, Jr., "'Who Is Worthy to Open the
Scroll?'" Journal for Preachers, 2008. (Sermon, Revelation 5:1-14)
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Achtemeier, Paul J.,
"Revelation 5:1-14: Expository Article," Interpretation, 1986.
- Sermons:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Easter 3C, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013.
- "Angels Sing Praises to God," Sunday School Lessons: Family Bible Study, art projects, music, stories, etc.
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, Revelation 5:12, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: Revelation 5:11, 12, 13. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- At Digital Hymnal (midi files, guitar chords, karaoke files, projection text):
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Revelation
