Rev 5:5. Εἷς, one) Without doubt one of those who rose with Christ, and ascended into heaven: Mat 27:52. It appears to be the patriarch Jacob, because, according to his prophecy, the name of lion is given to Christ: Gen 49:9. John Gerhard and others in Richter on this passage, and in Viet. But Cluver judges that this, as far as it respects Jacob, is uncertain.