1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which GodaJohn 17:7, 8; [John 8:26; 14:10] gave himbch. 22:6 to show to his servants the things that must soon take place.cch. 22:16 He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 dJohn 19:35 who bore witness to the word of God and toech. 6:9; 12:17; 19:10; See 1 Cor. 1:6 the testimony of Jesus Christ, evenfver. 11, 19 to all that he saw. 3 gch. 22:7; [Luke 11:28; John 8:51; 1 John 2:3] Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it,hch. 22:10; [1 John 2:18]; See Rom. 13:11 for the time is near.
4 John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace fromiver. 8; ch. 4:8; Heb. 13:8 himjEx. 3:14 (Gk.) who is andkJohn 1:1 who was and who is to come, and fromlch. 3:1; 4:5; 5:6 the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christmch. 3:14; John 18:37; 1 Tim. 6:13; [ch. 2:13; Ps. 89:37; Isa. 55:4] the faithful witness,nCol. 1:18; [Ps. 89:27; Acts 26:23; 1 Cor. 15:20] the firstborn of the dead, andoch. 17:14; 19:16; [Ps. 89:27] the ruler of kings on earth. TopJohn 13:34; 15:9 him who loves us andq1 Pet. 1:18, 19 has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made usrch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9 a kingdom,rch. 5:10; 20:6; 1 Pet. 2:9 priests tosSee Rom. 15:6 his God and Father, to him betSee Rom. 11:36 glory andu1 Pet. 4:11 dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold,vDan. 7:13; See Matt. 16:27 he is coming with the clouds, andwZech. 12:10; John 19:37 every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail1Or mourn on account of him. Even so. Amen.
8 xch. 21:6; 22:13; [Isa. 41:4; 43:10; 44:6] “I am the Alpha and the Omega, ” says the Lord God, yver. 4 “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty. ”
9 I, John, your brother andz[Phil. 4:14] partner inaJohn 16:33 the tribulation andb2 Tim. 2:12 the kingdom andcch. 3:10 the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called PatmosdSee ver. 2 on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 ech. 4:2; [ch. 17:3; 21:10; 1 Kgs. 18:12; Ezek. 3:12; Matt. 22:43; 2 Cor. 12:2] I was in the SpiritfActs 20:7; 1 Cor. 16:2 on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voicegch. 4:1 like a trumpet 11 saying, hver. 2, 19 “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea. ”
12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I sawiver. 20; ch. 2:1; Ex. 25:37; 2 Chr. 4:20; Zech. 4:2; [ch. 11:4] seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstandsjDan. 7:13 one likekch. 14:14; Dan. 10:16 a son of man,lDan. 10:5 clothed with a long robe andmch. 15:6 with a golden sash around his chest. 14 nDan. 7:9 The hairs of his head were white like wool, as white as snow.och. 2:18; 19:12; [Dan. 10:6] His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 pEzek. 1:7; Dan. 10:6 his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, andqch. 14:2; 19:6; Ezek. 43:2 his voice was like the roar of many waters. 16 rver. 20; ch. 2:1; 3:1 In his right hand he held seven stars,sch. 19:15; [ch. 2:12, 16; Isa. 49:2; Eph. 6:17; Heb. 4:12] from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, andtMatt. 17:2 his face was like the sun shininguJudg. 5:31 in full strength.
17 vDan. 8:17, 18; 10:9, 10, 15; [Luke 24:37; John 21:12] When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. ButvDan. 8:17, 18; 10:9, 10, 15; [Luke 24:37; John 21:12] he laid his right hand on me,wMatt. 17:7 saying, “Fear not,xch. 2:8; 22:13; Isa. 41:4; 44:6; 48:12 I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one.yRom. 6:9; 14:9 I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, andz[ch. 9:1; 20:1] I have the keys of Death and Hades. 19 aver. 2, 11 Write thereforebver. 12-16 the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. 20 As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, andcSee ver. 12 the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, andd[Matt. 5:14, 15] the seven lampstands are the seven churches.