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Revelation 1:7-9
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Revelation 1:7-9
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7 Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds! Everyone will see him, even those who pierced[a] him. All peoples of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen.
8 The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega.[b] I am the one who is, who always was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”
9 I am John, your fellow believer. We are together in Jesus, and we share these things: suffering, the kingdom, and patient endurance. I was on the island of Patmos[c] because I was faithful to God’s message and to the truth of Jesus.
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- Revelation 1:7 pierced When Jesus was killed, he was stabbed with a spear in the side. See Jn. 19:34.
- Revelation 1:8 Alpha … Omega The first and last letters in the Greek alphabet, meaning the beginning and the end.
- Revelation 1:9 Patmos A small island in the Aegean Sea, near the coast of modern Turkey.
Revelation 1:7-9
New International Version
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
9 I, 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)
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
- Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10
Revelation 1:7-9
King James Version
Revelation 1:7-9
King James Version
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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