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Revelation 1:7-9
New Living Translation
Revelation 1:7-9
New Living Translation
7 Look! He comes with the clouds of heaven.
And everyone will see him—
even those who pierced him.
And all the nations of the world
will mourn for him.
Yes! Amen!
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega—the beginning and the end,”[a] says the Lord God. “I am the one who is, who always was, and who is still to come—the Almighty One.”
Vision of the Son of Man
9 I, John, am your brother and your partner in suffering and in God’s Kingdom and in the patient endurance to which Jesus calls us. I was exiled to the island of Patmos for preaching the word of God and for my testimony about Jesus.
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- 1:8 Greek I am the Alpha and the Omega, referring to the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet.
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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