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New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which 1God gave Him to 2show to His bond-servants, 3the things which must soon take place; and He sent and 4communicated it 5by His angel to His bond-servant 6John, 2who testified to 7the word of God and to 8the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 39Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and 10heed the things which are written in it; 11for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

412John to 13the seven churches that are in 14Asia: 15Grace to you and peace, from 16Him who is and who was and who 17is to come, and from 18the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 19the faithful witness, the 20firstborn of the dead, and the 21ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 22loves us and released us from our sins 23by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 24kingdom, 25priests to 2627His God and Father--28to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 729Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 30every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 31mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 32the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 33Lord God, “34who is and who was and who 35is to come, the Almighty.”

The Patmos Vision

936I, John, your 37brother and 38fellow partaker in the tribulation and 39kingdom and 4041perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 42because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 4344in the Spirit on 45the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 46like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “47Write in a 48book what you see, and send it to the 49seven churches: to 50Ephesus and to 51Smyrna and to 52Pergamum and to 53Thyatira and to 54Sardis and to 55Philadelphia and to 56Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 57seven golden lampstands; 13and 58in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 59like 60a son of man, 61clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 62girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 63hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 64His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 65feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 66voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 67seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 68sharp two-edged sword; and His 69face was like 70the sun 71shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 72fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 73placed His right hand on me, saying, “74Do not be afraid; 75I am the first and the last, 18and the 76living One; and I 7778was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 79the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 80write 81the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place 82after these things. 20As for the 83mystery of the 84seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 85seven golden lampstands: the 86seven stars are the angels of 87the seven churches, and the seven 88lampstands are the seven churches.

Notes

  1. 1. Revelation 1:1 John 17:8; Rev 5:7 ↩
  2. 2. Revelation 1:1 Rev 22:6 ↩
  3. 3. Revelation 1:1 Dan 2:28f; Rev 1:19 ↩
  4. 4. Revelation 1:1 Or signified ↩
  5. 5. Revelation 1:1 Rev 17:1; 19:9f; 21:9; 22:16 ↩
  6. 6. Revelation 1:1 Rev 1:4, 9; 22:8 ↩
  7. 7. Revelation 1:2 Rev 1:9; 6:9; 12:17; 20:4 ↩
  8. 8. Revelation 1:2 1 Cor 1:6; Rev 12:17 ↩
  9. 9. Revelation 1:3 Luke 11:28; Rev 22:7 ↩
  10. 10. Revelation 1:3 Or keep ↩
  11. 11. Revelation 1:3 Rom 13:11; Rev 3:11; 22:7, 10, 12 ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:1, 9; 22:8 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:11, 20 ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 1:4 Acts 2:9 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 1:4 Rom 1:7 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:8, 17; 4:8; 16:5 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 1:4 Or is coming ↩
  18. 18. Revelation 1:4 Is 11:2; Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 8:2 ↩
  19. 19. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
  20. 20. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
  21. 21. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
  22. 22. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
  23. 23. Revelation 1:5 Or in ↩
  24. 24. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
  25. 25. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
  26. 26. Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 1:6 Rom 15:6 ↩
  28. 28. Revelation 1:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
  29. 29. Revelation 1:7 Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17 ↩
  30. 30. Revelation 1:7 Zech 12:10-14; John 19:37 ↩
  31. 31. Revelation 1:7 Luke 23:28 ↩
  32. 32. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
  33. 33. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
  34. 34. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
  35. 35. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
  36. 36. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
  37. 37. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
  38. 38. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
  39. 39. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
  40. 40. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
  41. 41. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
  42. 42. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
  43. 43. Revelation 1:10 Or in spirit ↩
  44. 44. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
  45. 45. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
  46. 46. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
  47. 47. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
  48. 48. Revelation 1:11 Or scroll ↩
  49. 49. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
  50. 50. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
  51. 51. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
  52. 52. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
  53. 53. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
  54. 54. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
  55. 55. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
  56. 56. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩
  57. 57. Revelation 1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1 ↩
  58. 58. Revelation 1:13 Rev 2:1 ↩
  59. 59. Revelation 1:13 Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14 ↩
  60. 60. Revelation 1:13 Or the Son of Man ↩
  61. 61. Revelation 1:13 Dan 10:5 ↩
  62. 62. Revelation 1:13 Rev 15:6 ↩
  63. 63. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9 ↩
  64. 64. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12 ↩
  65. 65. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 2:18 ↩
  66. 66. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6 ↩
  67. 67. Revelation 1:16 Rev 1:20; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  68. 68. Revelation 1:16 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15 ↩
  69. 69. Revelation 1:16 Matt 17:2; Rev 10:1 ↩
  70. 70. Revelation 1:16 Judg 5:31 ↩
  71. 71. Revelation 1:16 Lit shines ↩
  72. 72. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:17; 10:9, 10, 15 ↩
  73. 73. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:18; 10:10, 12 ↩
  74. 74. Revelation 1:17 Matt 14:27; 17:7 ↩
  75. 75. Revelation 1:17 Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 2:8; 22:13 ↩
  76. 76. Revelation 1:18 Luke 24:5; Rev 4:9f ↩
  77. 77. Revelation 1:18 Lit became ↩
  78. 78. Revelation 1:18 Rom 6:9; Rev 2:8; 10:6; 15:7 ↩
  79. 79. Revelation 1:18 Job 38:17; Matt 11:23; 16:19; Rev 9:1; 20:1 ↩
  80. 80. Revelation 1:19 Rev 1:11 ↩
  81. 81. Revelation 1:19 Rev 1:12-16 ↩
  82. 82. Revelation 1:19 Rev 4:1 ↩
  83. 83. Revelation 1:20 Rom 11:25 ↩
  84. 84. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  85. 85. Revelation 1:20 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:12; 2:1 ↩
  86. 86. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  87. 87. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:4, 11 ↩
  88. 88. Revelation 1:20 Matt 5:14f ↩

Commentaries on Revelation 1

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