| 1 | This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John, | Dn 2:28 Dn 2:29 Am 3:7 Ro 16:25 Ga 1:12 Eph 3:3 |
| 2 | who testified to God`s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw. | Rev 1:9 Rev 6:9 Rev 12:11 Rev 12:17 Jn 1:32 Jn 12:17 Jn 19:35 Jn 21:24 1Co 1:6 1Co 2:1 1Jn 5:7-11 3Jn 1:12 |
| 3 | Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is at hand. | Rev 22:7 Pr 8:34 Dn 12:12 Dn 12:13 Lk 11:28 |
| 4 | John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne; | Rev 1:1 |
| 5 | and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood; | Rev 3:14 Ps 89:36 Ps 89:37 Isa 55:4 Jn 3:11 Jn 3:32 Jn 8:14-16 Jn 18:37 1Ti 6:13 1Jn 5:7-10 |
| 6 | and he made us to be a kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. | Rev 5:10 Rev 20:6 Ex 19:6 Isa 61:6 Ro 12:1 1Pe 2:5-9 |
| 7 | Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen. | Rev 14:14-16 Ps 97:2 Isa 19:1 Dn 7:13 Nah 1:3 Mt 24:30 Mt 26:64 Mk 13:26 Mk 14:62 Lk 21:27 Ac 1:9-11 1Th 4:17 |
| 8 | "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." | Rev 1:11 Rev 1:17 Rev 2:8 Rev 21:6 Rev 22:13 Isa 41:4 Isa 43:10 Isa 44:6 Isa 48:12 |
| 9 | I John, your brother and partaker with you in oppression and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God`s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ. | Rev 1:4 |
| 10 | I was in the Spirit on the Lord`s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet | Rev 4:2 Rev 17:3 Rev 21:10 Mt 22:43 Ac 10:10-33 2Co 12:2-4 |
| 11 | saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." | Rev 1:8 Rev 1:17 |
| 12 | I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. | Ezk 43:5 Ezk 43:6 Mic 6:9 |
| 13 | And in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest. | Rev 14:14 Ezk 1:26-28 Dn 7:9 Dn 7:13 Dn 10:5 Dn 10:6 Dn 10:16 Php 2:7 Php 2:8 Heb 2:14-17 Heb 4:15 |
| 14 | His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire. | Dn 7:9 Mt 28:3 |
| 15 | His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters. | Rev 2:18 Ezk 1:7 Ezk 40:3 Dn 10:6 |
| 16 | He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. | Rev 1:20 Rev 2:1 Rev 3:1 Rev 12:1 Jb 38:7 Dn 8:10 Dn 12:3 |
| 17 | When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don`t be afraid. I am the first and the last, | Ezk 1:28 Dn 8:18 Dn 10:8 Dn 10:9 Dn 10:17-19 Hab 3:16 Mt 17:2-6 Jn 13:23 Jn 21:20 |
| 18 | and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. I have the keys of Death and of Hades. | Jb 19:25 Ps 18:46 Jn 14:19 Ro 6:9 2Co 13:4 Ga 2:20 Col 3:3 Heb 7:25 |
| 19 | Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter; | Rev 1:11 Rev 1:12-20 |
| 20 | the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies. | Mt 13:11 Lk 8:10 |
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