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New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:5-20

5and from Jesus Christ, 1the faithful witness, the 2firstborn of the dead, and the 3ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 4loves us and released us from our sins 5by His blood-- 6and He has made us to be a 6kingdom, 7priests to 89His God and Father--10to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 711Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 12every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 13mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 14the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 15Lord God, “16who is and who was and who 17is to come, the Almighty.”

918I, John, your 19brother and 20fellow partaker in the tribulation and 21kingdom and 2223perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 24because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 2526in the Spirit on 27the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 28like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “29Write in a 30book what you see, and send it to the 31seven churches: to 32Ephesus and to 33Smyrna and to 34Pergamum and to 35Thyatira and to 36Sardis and to 37Philadelphia and to 38Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 39seven golden lampstands; 13and 40in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 41like 42a son of man, 43clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 44girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 45hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 46His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 47feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 48voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 49seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 50sharp two-edged sword; and His 51face was like 52the sun 53shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 54fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 55placed His right hand on me, saying, “56Do not be afraid; 57I am the first and the last, 18and the 58living One; and I 5960was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 61the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 62write 63the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place 64after these things. 20As for the 65mystery of the 66seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 67seven golden lampstands: the 68seven stars are the angels of 69the seven churches, and the seven 70lampstands are the seven churches.

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Notes

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

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