Then I heard a voice shout from heaven;

. . . and by the witness of their martyrdom, because even in the face of death they would not cling to life.

"Victory and power and empire forever have been won by our God, and all authority for His Christ, now that the persecutor, who accused our brothers day and night before our God, has been brought down.

They have triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb . . .