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New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:3-20

31Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and 2heed the things which are written in it; 3for the time is near.

44John to 5the seven churches that are in 6Asia: 7Grace to you and peace, from 8Him who is and who was and who 9is to come, and from 10the seven Spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 11the faithful witness, the 12firstborn of the dead, and the 13ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 14loves us and released us from our sins 15by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 16kingdom, 17priests to 1819His God and Father--20to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 721Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 22every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 23mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 24the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 25Lord God, “26who is and who was and who 27is to come, the Almighty.”

928I, John, your 29brother and 30fellow partaker in the tribulation and 31kingdom and 3233perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 34because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 3536in the Spirit on 37the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 38like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “39Write in a 40book what you see, and send it to the 41seven churches: to 42Ephesus and to 43Smyrna and to 44Pergamum and to 45Thyatira and to 46Sardis and to 47Philadelphia and to 48Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 49seven golden lampstands; 13and 50in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 51like 52a son of man, 53clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 54girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 55hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 56His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 57feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 58voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 59seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 60sharp two-edged sword; and His 61face was like 62the sun 63shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 64fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 65placed His right hand on me, saying, “66Do not be afraid; 67I am the first and the last, 18and the 68living One; and I 6970was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 71the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 72write 73the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place 74after these things. 20As for the 75mystery of the 76seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 77seven golden lampstands: the 78seven stars are the angels of 79the seven churches, and the seven 80lampstands are the seven churches.

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Notes

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

Commentaries on Revelation 1

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