Revelation 5:6
Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.
Note Or the sevenfold Spirit
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
And I saw in the midst of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent forth into all the earth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- in the midst of the throne
- Revelation 4:4–6
- a Lamb
- An emblematical representation of our Saviour's high priesthood.
- Revelation 5:9, 12; Revelation 6:16; Revelation 7:9–17; Revelation 12:11; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:14; Revelation 21:23; Revelation 22:1, 3; Isaiah 53:7, 8; John 1:29, 36; Acts 8:32; 1 Peter 1:19, 20
- seven horns
- As a horn is the emblem of power, and seven the number of perfection, the seven horns may denote the almighty power of Jesus Christ.
- 1 Samuel 2:10; Daniel 7:14; Micah 4:13; Habakkuk 3:4; Luke 1:69; Philippians 2:9–11
- seven eyes
- His infinite knowledge and wisdom; and especially "the treasures of wisdom" laid up in him, to be communicated to the Church by "the seven spirits of God", i.e., the Holy Spirit.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9; Zechariah 3:9; Zechariah 4:10
- the seven spirits
- Revelation 4:5