Revelation 1:7-9

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

⁷Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth shall gaze upon Him and beat their breasts and mourn and lament over Him. Even so [must it be]. Amen (so be it).^(A)

⁸I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, says the Lord God, He Who is and Who was and Who is to come, the Almighty (the Ruler of all).^(B)

⁹I, John, your brother and companion (sharer and participator) with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patient endurance [which are] in Jesus Christ, was on the isle called Patmos, [banished] on account of [my witnessing to] the Word of God and the testimony (the proof, the evidence) for Jesus Christ.

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Revelation 1:7-9

New International Version

⁷“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”^[a]^(A)
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;^(B)
and all peoples on earth “will mourn^(C) because of him.”^[b]
So shall it be! Amen.

⁸“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^(D) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,^(E) the Almighty.”^(F)

John’s Vision of Christ

⁹I, John,^(G) your brother and companion in the suffering^(H) and kingdom^(I) and patient endurance^(J) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God^(K) and the testimony of Jesus.^(L)