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New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 1:3-20

31Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and 2keep 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 11seven spirits who are before His throne, 5and from Jesus Christ, 12the faithful witness, the 13firstborn of the dead, and the 14ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 15loves us and released us from our sins by His blood-- 6and He made us into 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. 24So it is to be. Amen.

8“I am 25the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 26Lord God, “27who is and who was and who 28is to come, the Almighty.”

929I, John, your 30brother and 31fellow participant in the tribulation and 32kingdom and 3334perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 35because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 36in the 37Spirit on 38the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 39like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “40Write 41on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 42seven churches: to 43Ephesus, 44Smyrna, 45Pergamum, 46Thyatira, 47Sardis, 48Philadelphia, and 49Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw 50seven golden lampstands; 13and 51in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 52like 53a son of man, 54clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 55wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 56hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 57His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 58feet were like 59burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His 60voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 61seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 62sharp two-edged sword; and His 63face was like 64the sun 65shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 66fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 67placed His right hand on me, saying, “68Do not be afraid; 69I am the first and the last, 18and the 70living One; and I 7172was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 73the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 74write 75the things which you have seen, 76and the things which are, and the things which will take place 77after these things. 20As for the 78mystery of the 79seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 80seven golden lampstands: the 81seven stars are the angels of 82the seven churches, and the seven 83lampstands 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 follow ↩
  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 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels ↩
  12. 12. Revelation 1:5 Rev 3:14; 19:11 ↩
  13. 13. Revelation 1:5 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18 ↩
  14. 14. Revelation 1:5 Rev 17:14; 19:16 ↩
  15. 15. Revelation 1:5 Rom 8:37 ↩
  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 1:7 Or Yes. Amen. ↩
  25. 25. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
  26. 26. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
  27. 27. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
  28. 28. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
  29. 29. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
  30. 30. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
  31. 31. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
  32. 32. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
  33. 33. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
  34. 34. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
  35. 35. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
  36. 36. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
  37. 37. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit ↩
  38. 38. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
  39. 39. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
  40. 40. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
  41. 41. Revelation 1:11 Or in a book ↩
  42. 42. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
  43. 43. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
  44. 44. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
  45. 45. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
  46. 46. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
  47. 47. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
  48. 48. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
  49. 49. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩
  50. 50. Revelation 1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1 ↩
  51. 51. Revelation 1:13 Rev 2:1 ↩
  52. 52. Revelation 1:13 Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14 ↩
  53. 53. Revelation 1:13 Or the Son of Man ↩
  54. 54. Revelation 1:13 Dan 10:5 ↩
  55. 55. Revelation 1:13 Rev 15:6 ↩
  56. 56. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9 ↩
  57. 57. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12 ↩
  58. 58. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 2:18 ↩
  59. 59. Revelation 1:15 Or fine brass ↩
  60. 60. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6 ↩
  61. 61. Revelation 1:16 Rev 1:20; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  62. 62. Revelation 1:16 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15 ↩
  63. 63. Revelation 1:16 Matt 17:2; Rev 10:1 ↩
  64. 64. Revelation 1:16 Judg 5:31 ↩
  65. 65. Revelation 1:16 Lit shines ↩
  66. 66. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:17; 10:9, 10, 15 ↩
  67. 67. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:18; 10:10, 12 ↩
  68. 68. Revelation 1:17 Matt 14:27; 17:7 ↩
  69. 69. Revelation 1:17 Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 2:8; 22:13 ↩
  70. 70. Revelation 1:18 Luke 24:5; Rev 4:9f ↩
  71. 71. Revelation 1:18 Lit became ↩
  72. 72. Revelation 1:18 Rom 6:9; Rev 2:8; 10:6; 15:7 ↩
  73. 73. Revelation 1:18 Job 38:17; Matt 11:23; 16:19; Rev 9:1; 20:1 ↩
  74. 74. Revelation 1:19 Rev 1:11 ↩
  75. 75. Revelation 1:19 Rev 1:12-16 ↩
  76. 76. Revelation 1:19 Or both the things ↩
  77. 77. Revelation 1:19 Rev 4:1 ↩
  78. 78. Revelation 1:20 Rom 11:25 ↩
  79. 79. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  80. 80. Revelation 1:20 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:12; 2:1 ↩
  81. 81. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
  82. 82. Revelation 1:20 Rev 1:4, 11 ↩
  83. 83. Revelation 1:20 Matt 5:14f ↩

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