^{8 Ref} And I, John, am he who is seeing these things and hearing, and when I heard and beheld, I fell down to bow before the feet of the messenger who is shewing me these things;

^{9 Ref} and he saith to me, `See -- not; for fellow-servant of thee am I, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of those keeping the words of this scroll; before God bow.'

^{10 Ref} And he saith to me, `Thou mayest not seal the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is nigh;