Revelation 5:5 (WEB)
One of the elders said to me, “Don’t weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome: he who opens the book and its seven seals.”
Fathers and councils · 14
Augustine of Hippo
“And Christ a Rock, and the stony heart of the Jews; also, Christ a Lion, and the devil a lion, and innumerable such like, shall be said to be lies.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. x. 4; Ezek. xxxvi. 26; Rev. v. 5; 1 Pet. v. 8
Read the whole comment“What likeness does the “lamb” bear to our Saviour, or what “the lion” to the strength of the Only-Begotten?” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“And where is that, “The Lion hath prevailed of the tribe of Judah?”…” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“There conquered the Lion of the tribe of Judah, and the foxes were silenced.” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“If Christ were really a Stone, He could not be a Lion; if a Lion, He could not be a Lamb: but He is called both Lion, and Lamb, and Stone, and Calf, and anything else of the sort, metaphorically, because He is neither Stone,…” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment““The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed;” worship the lion also, since it signifieth Christ.” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“Thus is it also that we find the lion mentioned in conjunction with the royal tribe itself, in that passage of the Apocalypse where it is said, “The lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed.”” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“Christ is called “a lion:” “The Lion hath prevailed of the tribe of Judah;” and the devil is called a lion: “Know ye not that your adversary the Devil walketh about as a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour?”” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment““The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed.”” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
Read the whole comment“For both the lamb, and the sheep, and the shepherd are friendly with one another, but from the lions as their foes the sheep are protected by their shepherds: and yet of Christ, who is both sheep and Shepherd, we have it said, “The Lion of the tribe of Judah hath prevailed.”” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“Again, He is called a Lion, not as a devourer of men, but indicating as it were by the title His kingly, and stedfast, and confident nature: a Lion He is also called in opposition to the lion our adversary, who roars and devours those who have been deceived.” — editor's note: Gen. xlix. 9; Apoc. v. 5.
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Ambrose of Milan
“That sealed book of prophecy, whereof we have heard, neither elders, nor powers, nor angels, nor archangels, ventured to open; for Christ alone is reserved the peculiar right of opening it.” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“And one of the elders said unto me, Weep not; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose its seven seals.”” — editor's note: Rev. v. 1–5.
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Hippolytus of Rome
“Now, as our Lord Jesus Christ, who is also God, was prophesied of under the figure of a lion, on account of His royalty and glory, in the same way have the Scriptures also aforetime spoken of Antichrist as a lion, on account of his tyranny and violence.” — editor's note: Rev. v. 5; [also Gen. xlix. 8. See below, 7, 8].
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Cross-references · 17
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Exposition of the Christian Faith III.15.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.
Cited together in Against Lying Chapter 24.