Revelation 1
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Introduction and Salutation
1#Rev 22:6; 22:16; Jn 8:26The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to Him to show to His servants things which must soon take place. He sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John, 2#Rev 12:17; 1Co 1:6; Rev 6:9who bears record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw. 3#Lk 11:28; Ro 13:11Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it, for the time is near.
4#Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6John,
To the seven churches which are in Asia:
Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5#Rev 3:14; 17:14and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.
To Him who loved us and washed us from our sins in His own blood, 6#Rev 5:10; 20:6and has made us kings and priests to His God and Father, to Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
7#Da 7:13; Zec 12:10 Look! He is coming with clouds,
and every eye will see Him,
even those who pierced Him.
And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him.
Even so, Amen.
8#Rev 21:6; 22:13; Isa 41:4“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
A Vision of Christ
9#Php 4:14; Rev 1:2I, John, both your brother and companion in the tribulation and kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the isle that is called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10#Ac 20:7; Rev 4:1–2I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a great voice like a trumpet, 11#Rev 1:4; 3:1saying, “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and “What you see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12#Ex 25:37; Zec 4:2I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks, 13#Da 7:13; 10:16and in the midst of the seven candlesticks was one like a Son of Man, clothed with a garment down to the feet and with a golden sash wrapped around the chest. 14#Da 7:9; 10:6; Rev 19:12The hair on His head was white like wool, as white as snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15#Eze 43:2; Da 10:6His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and His voice as the sound of many waters. 16#Isa 49:2; Heb 4:12He had in His right hand seven stars, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. His appearance was like the sun shining brightly.
17#Isa 44:6; Rev 22:13; Isa 41:4When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though I were dead. Then He laid His right hand on me, saying to me, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 18#Ro 6:9; Heb 7:25I am He who lives, though I was dead. Look! I am alive forevermore. Amen. And I have the keys of Hades and of Death.
19“Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after this. 20#Rev 2:1; Zec 4:2The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks which you saw are the seven churches.
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Revelation 1
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1A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify [it], having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
2who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.
3Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it — for the time is nigh!
4John to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,
5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,
6and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him [is] the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.
7Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!
8‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming — the Almighty.’
9I, John, who also [am] your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;
10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,
11‘I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last;’ and, ‘What thou dost see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies that [are] in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.’
12And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,
13and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, [one] like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,
14and his head and hairs white, as if white wool — as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
15and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,
16and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance [is] as the sun shining in its might.
17And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, ‘Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,
18and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.
19‘Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;
20the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.
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