New American Standard Bible 2020
Revelation 1:7-12
71Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and 2every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 3mourn over Him. 4So it is to be. Amen.
8“I am 5the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 6Lord God, “7who is and who was and who 8is to come, the Almighty.”
99I, John, your 10brother and 11fellow participant in the tribulation and 12kingdom and 1314perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 15because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 16in the 17Spirit on 18the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 19like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “20Write 21on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 22seven churches: to 23Ephesus, 24Smyrna, 25Pergamum, 26Thyatira, 27Sardis, 28Philadelphia, and 29Laodicea.”
12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw 30seven golden lampstands;
Notes
- 1. Revelation 1:7 Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17 ↩
- 2. Revelation 1:7 Zech 12:10-14; John 19:37 ↩
- 3. Revelation 1:7 Luke 23:28 ↩
- 4. Revelation 1:7 Or Yes. Amen. ↩
- 5. Revelation 1:8 Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13 ↩
- 6. Revelation 1:8 Rev 4:8; 11:17 ↩
- 7. Revelation 1:8 Rev 1:4 ↩
- 8. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming ↩
- 9. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:1 ↩
- 10. Revelation 1:9 Acts 1:15 ↩
- 11. Revelation 1:9 Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14 ↩
- 12. Revelation 1:9 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6 ↩
- 13. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness ↩
- 14. Revelation 1:9 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10 ↩
- 15. Revelation 1:9 Rev 1:2 ↩
- 16. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
- 17. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit ↩
- 18. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
- 19. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
- 20. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
- 21. Revelation 1:11 Or in a book ↩
- 22. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
- 23. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
- 24. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
- 25. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
- 26. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
- 27. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
- 28. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
- 29. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩
- 30. Revelation 1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1 ↩
Commentaries on Revelation 1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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