New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 1:1-16

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, everything that he saw. 3 9Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and 10keep the things which are written in it; 11for the time is near.

4 12John 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 19seven spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 20the faithful witness, the 21firstborn of the dead, and the 22ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 23loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6and He made us into a 24kingdom, 25priests to 26 27His God and Father--28to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 29Behold, 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. 32So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 33the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 34Lord God, “35who is and who was and who 36is to come, the Almighty.”

9 37I, John, your 38brother and 39fellow participant in the tribulation and 40kingdom and 41 42perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 43because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 44in the 45Spirit on 46the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 47like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “48Write 49on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 50seven churches: to 51Ephesus, 52Smyrna, 53Pergamum, 54Thyatira, 55Sardis, 56Philadelphia, and 57Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw 58seven golden lampstands; 13and 59in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 60like 61a son of man, 62clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 63wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 64hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 65His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 66feet were like 67burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His 68voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 69seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 70sharp two-edged sword; and His 71face was like 72the sun 73shining in its strength.

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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 follow ↩
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 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels ↩
20. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
21. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
22. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
23. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
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 1:7 Or Yes. Amen. ↩
33. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
34. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
35. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
36. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
37. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
38. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
39. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
40. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
41. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
42. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
43. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
44. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
45. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit ↩
46. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
47. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
48. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
49. Revelation 1:11 Or in a book ↩
50. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
51. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
52. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
53. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
54. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
55. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
56. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
57. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩
58. Revelation 1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1 ↩
59. Revelation 1:13 Rev 2:1 ↩
60. Revelation 1:13 Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14 ↩
61. Revelation 1:13 Or the Son of Man ↩
62. Revelation 1:13 Dan 10:5 ↩
63. Revelation 1:13 Rev 15:6 ↩
64. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9 ↩
65. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12 ↩
66. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 2:18 ↩
67. Revelation 1:15 Or fine brass ↩
68. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6 ↩
69. Revelation 1:16 Rev 1:20; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
70. Revelation 1:16 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15 ↩
71. Revelation 1:16 Matt 17:2; Rev 10:1 ↩
72. Revelation 1:16 Judg 5:31 ↩
73. Revelation 1:16 Lit shines ↩

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