Revelation 2:8

Expanded Bible

To the Church in Smyrna

⁸ “Write this to the ·angel [or messenger; see 1:20] of the church in Smyrna [^Ca major city in western Asia Minor, identified with present-day Izmir, Turkey]:

“The One who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again [^Cthe resurrected Jesus; 1:17–18], says ·this [^Lthese things]: