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New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 1:2-20

2who testified to 1the word of God and to 2the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 33Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and 4keep 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 13seven spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 14the faithful witness, the 15firstborn of the dead, and the 16ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 17loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6and He made us into 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. 26So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 27the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 28Lord God, “29who is and who was and who 30is to come, the Almighty.”

931I, John, your 32brother and 33fellow participant in the tribulation and 34kingdom and 3536perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 37because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 38in the 39Spirit on 40the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 41like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “42Write 43on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 44seven churches: to 45Ephesus, 46Smyrna, 47Pergamum, 48Thyatira, 49Sardis, 50Philadelphia, and 51Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw 52seven golden lampstands; 13and 53in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 54like 55a son of man, 56clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 57wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 58hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 59His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 60feet were like 61burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His 62voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 63seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 64sharp two-edged sword; and His 65face was like 66the sun 67shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 68fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 69placed His right hand on me, saying, “70Do not be afraid; 71I am the first and the last, 18and the 72living One; and I 7374was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 75the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 76write 77the things which you have seen, 78and the things which are, and the things which will take place 79after these things. 20As for the 80mystery of the 81seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 82seven golden lampstands: the 83seven stars are the angels of 84the seven churches, and the seven 85lampstands 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 follow ↩
  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 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
  16. 16. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
  17. 17. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
  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 1:7 Or Yes. Amen. ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
  28. 28. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
  29. 29. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
  30. 30. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
  31. 31. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
  32. 32. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
  33. 33. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
  34. 34. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
  35. 35. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
  36. 36. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
  37. 37. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
  38. 38. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
  39. 39. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit ↩
  40. 40. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
  41. 41. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
  42. 42. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
  43. 43. Revelation 1:11 Or in a book ↩
  44. 44. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
  45. 45. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
  46. 46. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
  47. 47. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
  48. 48. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
  49. 49. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
  50. 50. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
  51. 51. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩
  52. 52. Revelation 1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1 ↩
  53. 53. Revelation 1:13 Rev 2:1 ↩
  54. 54. Revelation 1:13 Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14 ↩
  55. 55. Revelation 1:13 Or the Son of Man ↩
  56. 56. Revelation 1:13 Dan 10:5 ↩
  57. 57. Revelation 1:13 Rev 15:6 ↩
  58. 58. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9 ↩
  59. 59. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12 ↩
  60. 60. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 2:18 ↩
  61. 61. Revelation 1:15 Or fine brass ↩
  62. 62. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6 ↩
  63. 63. Revelation 1:16 Rev 1:20; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  64. 64. Revelation 1:16 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15 ↩
  65. 65. Revelation 1:16 Matt 17:2; Rev 10:1 ↩
  66. 66. Revelation 1:16 Judg 5:31 ↩
  67. 67. Revelation 1:16 Lit shines ↩
  68. 68. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:17; 10:9, 10, 15 ↩
  69. 69. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:18; 10:10, 12 ↩
  70. 70. Revelation 1:17 Matt 14:27; 17:7 ↩
  71. 71. Revelation 1:17 Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 2:8; 22:13 ↩
  72. 72. Revelation 1:18 Luke 24:5; Rev 4:9f ↩
  73. 73. Revelation 1:18 Lit became ↩
  74. 74. Revelation 1:18 Rom 6:9; Rev 2:8; 10:6; 15:7 ↩
  75. 75. Revelation 1:18 Job 38:17; Matt 11:23; 16:19; Rev 9:1; 20:1 ↩
  76. 76. Revelation 1:19 Rev 1:11 ↩
  77. 77. Revelation 1:19 Rev 1:12-16 ↩
  78. 78. Revelation 1:19 Or both the things ↩
  79. 79. Revelation 1:19 Rev 4:1 ↩
  80. 80. Revelation 1:20 Rom 11:25 ↩
  81. 81. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  82. 82. Revelation 1:20 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:12; 2:1 ↩
  83. 83. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  84. 84. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:4, 11 ↩
  85. 85. Revelation 1:20 Matt 5:14f ↩

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