1 I saw a scroll in the right hand of the one who sits on the throne. It had writing both on the inside and on the outside. It was sealed with seven seals.
2 I saw a powerful angel calling out in a loud voice, “Who deserves to open the scroll and break the seals on it?”
3 No one in heaven, on earth, or under the earth could open the scroll or look inside it.
4 I cried bitterly because no one was found who deserved to open the scroll or look inside it.