Cross references

Revelation 5:2

And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming in a loud voice, “Who is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll?”

Revelation 5:2 BSB

Revelation 5:2 has 6 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Isaiah 29:11–12 (6 votes) and Revelation 5:5 (6 votes). 14 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Job 41 to Revelation 18.

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Which verses does Revelation 5:2 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. And the entire vision will be to you like the words sealed in a scroll. If it is handed to someone to read, he will say, “I cannot, because it is sealed.” Or if the scroll is handed to one unable to read, he will say, “I cannot read.”

  2. Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

  3. Then I saw another mighty angel coming down from heaven, wrapped in a cloud, with a rainbow above his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like pillars of fire.

  4. Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

  5. “Let them come and tell us what will happen. Tell the former things, so that we may reflect on them and know the outcome. Or announce to us what is coming. Tell us the things that are to come, so that we may know that you are gods. Yes, do something good or evil, that we may look on together in dismay.

  6. Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again.

Which verses point to Revelation 5:2?

The 10 strongest of 14.