New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:1-10

1The RevelationG602 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547, whichG3739 1GodG2316 gaveG1325 Him to 2showG1166 to His bond-servantsG1401, 3the things whichG3739 mustG1163 soonG5034 takeG1096 placeG1096; and He sentG649 and 4communicatedG4591 it 5by His angelG32 to His bond-servantG1401 6JohnG2491, 2whoG3739 testifiedG3140 to 7the wordG3056 of GodG2316 and to 8the testimonyG3141 of JesusG2424 ChristG5547, even to allG3745 that he sawG3708. 3 9BlessedG3107 is he who readsG314 and thoseG3588 who hearG191 the wordsG3056 of the prophecyG4394, and 10heedG5083 the things which are writtenG1125 in it; 11for the timeG2540 is nearG1451.

4 12JohnG2491 to 13the sevenG2033 churchesG1577 that are in 14AsiaG773: 15GraceG5485 to you and peaceG1515, from 16Him who is and who was and who 17is to comeG2064, and from 18the sevenG2033 SpiritsG4151 whoG3739 are beforeG1799 His throneG2362, 5and from JesusG2424 ChristG5547, 19the faithfulG4103 witnessG3144, the 20firstbornG4416 of the deadG3498, and the 21rulerG758 of the kingsG935 of the earthG1093. To Him who 22lovesG25 us and releasedG3089 us from our sinsG266 23by His bloodG129-- 6and He has madeG4160 us to be a 24kingdomG932, 25priestsG2409 to 26 27His GodG2316 and FatherG3962--28to Him be the gloryG1391 and the dominionG2904 foreverG165 and everG165. AmenG281. 7 29BeholdG2400, He is comingG2064 with the cloudsG3507, and 30everyG3956 eyeG3788 will seeG3708 Him, evenG2532 those whoG3748 piercedG1574 Him; and allG3956 the tribesG5443 of the earthG1093 will 31mournG2875 overG1909 Him. SoG3483 it is to be. AmenG281.

8“I amG1510 32the AlphaG256 and the OmegaG5598,” saysG3004 the 33LordG2962 GodG2316, “34who is and whoG3588 was and who 35is to comeG2064, the AlmightyG3841.”

9 36I, JohnG2491, your 37brotherG80 and 38fellowG4791 partakerG4791 in the tribulationG2347 and 39kingdomG932 and 40 41perseveranceG5281 which are in JesusG2424, was on the islandG3520 calledG2564 PatmosG3963 42becauseG1223 of the wordG3056 of GodG2316 and the testimonyG3141 of JesusG2424. 10I was 43 44in the SpiritG4151 on 45the Lord’sG2960 dayG2250, and I heardG191 behindG3694 me a loudG3173 voiceG5456 46likeG5613 the sound of a trumpetG4536,

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Notes

1. Revelation 1:1 John 17:8; Rev 5:7 ↩
2. Revelation 1:1 Rev 22:6 ↩
3. Revelation 1:1 Dan 2:28f; Rev 1:19 ↩
4. Revelation 1:1 Or signified ↩
5. Revelation 1:1 Rev 17:1; 19:9f; 21:9; 22:16 ↩
6. Revelation 1:1 Rev 1:4, 9; 22:8 ↩
7. Revelation 1:2 Rev 1:9; 6:9; 12:17; 20:4 ↩
8. Revelation 1:2 1 Cor 1:6; Rev 12:17 ↩
9. Revelation 1:3 Luke 11:28; Rev 22:7 ↩
10. Revelation 1:3 Or keep ↩
11. Revelation 1:3 Rom 13:11; Rev 3:11; 22:7, 10, 12 ↩
12. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:1, 9; 22:8 ↩
13. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:11, 20 ↩
14. Revelation 1:4 Acts 2:9 ↩
15. Revelation 1:4 Rom 1:7 ↩
16. Revelation 1:4 Rev 1:8, 17; 4:8; 16:5 ↩
17. Revelation 1:4 Or is coming ↩
18. Revelation 1:4 Is 11:2; Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 8:2 ↩
19. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
20. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
21. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
22. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
23. Revelation 1:5 Or in ↩
24. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
25. Revelation 1:6 Rev 5:10; 20:6 ↩
26. Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father ↩
27. Revelation 1:6 Rom 15:6 ↩
28. Revelation 1:6 Rom 11:36 ↩
29. Revelation 1:7 Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17 ↩
30. Revelation 1:7 Zech 12:10-14; John 19:37 ↩
31. Revelation 1:7 Luke 23:28 ↩
32. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
33. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
34. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
35. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
36. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
37. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
38. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
39. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
40. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
41. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
42. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
43. Revelation 1:10 Or in spirit ↩
44. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
45. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
46. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩

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