And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et l'un des vieillards me dit: Ne pleure point; voici, le lion de la tribu de Juda, le rejeton de David, a vaincu pour ouvrir le livre et ses sept sceaux.
KJV
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
Eusebius of Caesarea
Demonstratio Evangelica
ι μέχρις Ἰωάννου διήρκεσαν, ἐξ ἐκείνου τε διαλελοίπασιν οἱ πάλαι παρὰ τῷ Ἰουδαίων ἔθνει πνευματο- 10 Apoc. 5, 5. 13 Es. 29, 11. 19 Matth. 5, 17. 21 Rom. 10, 4. φορούμενοι καὶ τὰς περὶ Χριστοῦ προρρήσεις ἀνακη- ρύττοντες, καὶ οἱ τὰς ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς λόγοις ὁράσεις ὑγιῶς ἐποπτεύοντε…
Eucherius of Lyon
Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas
The lion represents the Lord, as the Apostle writes: "The Lion of the tribe of Judah has triumphed" (Revelation 5:5). But also in a negative sense: "Lest he tear my soul like a lion" (Psalm 7:2). Additionally: "Our adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion" (First Pet…
Bonaventura
operaomnia vol3
loco post omnibus suis pro proficere cod. B sufjicere. Ibi respiciuntur loci Scriplurae Apoc. 5, 5; Matth. 3, 15; Gen. 3. 6; denique Colos. 2, 14. DIST. XVIU. DIVISIO TEXTUS. 379 «nm 4. militatem, qua maior esse non potest. Nam omne…
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