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New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:2-20

2who testified to 1the word of God and to 2the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 33Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and 4heed the things which are written in it; 5for the time is near.

46John to 7the seven churches that are in 8Asia: 9Grace to you and peace, from 10Him who is and who was and who 11is to come, and from 12the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 13the faithful witness, the 14firstborn of the dead, and the 15ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 16loves us and released us from our sins 17by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 18kingdom, 19priests to 2021His God and Father--22to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 723Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 24every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 25mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 26the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 27Lord God, “28who is and who was and who 29is to come, the Almighty.”

930I, John, your 31brother and 32fellow partaker in the tribulation and 33kingdom and 3435perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 36because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 3738in the Spirit on 39the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 40like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “41Write in a 42book what you see, and send it to the 43seven churches: to 44Ephesus and to 45Smyrna and to 46Pergamum and to 47Thyatira and to 48Sardis and to 49Philadelphia and to 50Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 51seven golden lampstands; 13and 52in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 53like 54a son of man, 55clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 56girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 57hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 58His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 59feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 60voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 61seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 62sharp two-edged sword; and His 63face was like 64the sun 65shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 66fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 67placed His right hand on me, saying, “68Do not be afraid; 69I am the first and the last, 18and the 70living One; and I 7172was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 73the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 74write 75the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place 76after these things. 20As for the 77mystery of the 78seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 79seven golden lampstands: the 80seven stars are the angels of 81the seven churches, and the seven 82lampstands are the seven churches.

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Notes

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

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