Revelation 1
1 A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify it, having sent through his messenger to his servant John,
2 who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.
3 Happy is he who is reading, and those hearing, the words of the prophecy, and keeping the things written in it — for the time is nigh!
4 John to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you, and peace, from Him who is, and who was, and who is coming, and from the Seven Spirits that are before His throne,
5 and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born out of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth; to him who did love us, and did bathe us from our sins in his blood,
6 and did make us kings and priests to his God and Father, to him is the glory and the power to the ages of the ages! Amen.
7 Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!
8 'I am the Alpha and the Omega, beginning and end, saith the Lord, who is, and who was, and who is coming — the Almighty.'
9 I, John, who also am your brother, and fellow-partner in the tribulation, and in the reign and endurance, of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God, and because of the testimony of Jesus Christ;
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's-day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, saying,
11 'I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last;' and, 'What thou dost see, write in a scroll, and send to the seven assemblies that are in Asia; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.'
12 And I did turn to see the voice that did speak with me, and having turned, I saw seven golden lamp-stands,
13 and in the midst of the seven lamp-stands, one like to a son of man, clothed to the foot, and girt round at the breast with a golden girdle,
14 and his head and hairs white, as if white wool — as snow, and his eyes as a flame of fire;
15 and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,
16 and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance is as the sun shining in its might.
17 And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, 'Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,
18 and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.
19 'Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;
20 the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.
Cross-references
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- 1Rev 22:16, Rev 22:6, Gal 1:12, Amo 3:7, Dan 2:28–29, Rev 1:19, Eph 3:3, Rev 1:9
- 2Jhn 19:35, 1Co 1:6, 1Jn 1:1, Rev 1:19, Jhn 21:24, Rev 12:17, Rev 6:9, Act 26:16
- 3Luk 11:28, Rev 22:10, Rom 13:11, 1Pe 4:7, Rev 22:6–7, Pro 8:34, Dan 12:12–13, Jas 5:8–9
- 4Isa 11:2, Jhn 1:1, Heb 13:8, Psa 90:2, Rev 5:6, Rev 4:5, Rev 3:1, Rev 1:8
- 5Psa 89:27, Heb 9:14, 1Jn 1:7, Rev 17:14, Col 1:18, 1Pe 1:19, Act 26:23, Rev 19:16
- 6Rev 5:10, Rev 20:6, Exo 19:6, 1Pe 2:5–9, Isa 61:6, Rom 11:36–12:1, Rev 5:12–14, 2Pe 3:18
- 7Mat 24:30, Zec 12:10, Dan 7:13, Jhn 19:37, Mrk 14:62, Luk 21:27, 1Th 4:17, Mat 26:64
- 8Isa 44:6, Rev 22:13, Isa 48:12, Isa 43:10, Rev 21:6, Isa 41:4, Rev 1:4, Rev 11:17
- 9Act 14:22, Rev 3:10, Jhn 16:33, Rev 1:2, Php 4:14, Rev 7:14, Rev 13:10, 2Ti 1:8
- 10Rev 21:10, Rev 4:1–2, 2Co 12:2–4, Rev 17:3, Act 20:7, Rev 10:3–8, 1Co 16:2, Act 10:10–33
- 11Rev 3:1, Jer 30:2, Col 4:15–16, Hab 2:2, Rev 2:12, Isa 30:8, Rev 2:8, Rev 1:4
- 12Zec 4:2, Exo 25:37, Rev 1:20–2:1, Rev 1:13, Ezk 43:5–6
- 13Dan 7:13, Dan 10:5–6, Dan 10:16, Rev 15:6, Exo 28:6–8, Lev 8:7, Rev 14:14, Isa 11:5
- 14Dan 10:6, Dan 7:9, Rev 19:12, Rev 2:18, Mat 28:3
- 15Ezk 43:2, Dan 10:6, Rev 14:2, Rev 19:6, Rev 2:18, Psa 93:4, Ezk 1:7, Ezk 40:3
- 16Heb 4:12, Rev 2:12, Rev 2:16, Rev 19:15, Isa 49:2, Eph 6:17, Rev 19:21, Mat 17:2
- 17Isa 44:6, Rev 22:13, Dan 10:8–10, Dan 8:17–18, Isa 41:4, Isa 48:12, Rev 2:8, Dan 10:17–19
- 18Rom 6:9, Heb 7:25, Rom 14:8–9, Psa 68:20, Rev 3:7, Isa 22:22, Mat 16:19, Heb 7:16
- 19Rev 4:1–11, Rev 1:11–2:3
- 20Rev 2:1, Rev 3:1, Rev 1:16, Zec 4:2, Rev 3:7, Rev 3:14, Rev 2:8, Rev 2:12
Topics in this chapter
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Ablution, Alpha, Amen, Angel (A Spirit), Angel of the Churches, Asia, Atonement, Banishment, Birthright, Blood, Brass, Candlestick, Church, Cleanliness, Colors, Day, Death, Ephesus, Faith, Firstborn, God, Hades, Hell, Holy Spirit, Humility, I Am That I Am, Immortality, Inspiration, Israel, Prophecies Concerning, Jesus, the Christ, John, Judgment, Key, Laodicea, Life, Minister, Christian, Omega, Patience, Patmos, Peace, Pergamos, Persecution, Philadelphia, Praise, Priest, Resurrection, Righteous, Sabbath, Sardis, Seven, Sin, Smyrna, Spear, Stars, Sun, Sword, Throne, Thyatira, Trumpet, Vision, Wicked (People), Word of God