Revelation 1:7-9

New Matthew Bible

⁷Behold, he comes with clouds, and all eyes shall see him, and they also who pierced him. And all the kindreds of the earth shall wail. Even so. Amen. ⁸I am the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, says the Lord Almighty, who is and who was and who is to come.

⁹I, John, your brother and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience which is in Jesus Christ, was in the isle of Patmos for the word of God, and for the witnessing of 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)