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17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God],(A) 18 and the Ever-living One [living in and beyond all time and space]. I died, but see, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of [absolute control and victory over] death and of Hades (the realm of the dead). 19 So write the things [a]which you have seen [in the vision], and the things [b]which are [now happening], and the things [c]which will take place after these things.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:19 I.e. the vision of ch 1.
  2. Revelation 1:19 I.e. the events of the present moment (chs 2; 3).
  3. Revelation 1:19 I.e. the events to come in chs 4-22, after the messages to the churches in chs 2; 3.

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