Chapter 5 the Scroll and the Lamb

Before the throne there is as it were a sea of glass like crystal and round the throne on each side of the throne are four living creatures full of eyes. I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll risen within and on the back sealed with seven seals and no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it. The 24 elders fell down before them singing worthy are you our Lord and God to receive glory and honor and power for you created all things and by your will they existed and were created. And when the lamb opened one of the seven seals I heard one of the four living creatures say