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Text -- Revelation 1:4-20 (NET)
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1:4 From John , to the seven churches that are in the province of Asia : Grace and peace to you from “he who is ,” and who was , and who is still to come , and from the seven spirits who are before his throne ,
1:5 and from Jesus Christ – the faithful witness , the firstborn from among the dead , the ruler over the kings of the earth . To the one who loves us and has set us free from our sins at the cost of his own blood
1:6 and has appointed us as a kingdom , as priests serving his God and Father – to him be the glory and the power for ever and ever ! Amen .
1:7 (Look ! He is returning with the clouds , and every eye will see him , even those who pierced him , and all the tribes on the earth will mourn because of him . This will certainly come to pass ! Amen .)
1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega ,” says the Lord God – the one who is , and who was , and who is still to come – the All-Powerful !
1:9 I , John , your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution , kingdom , and endurance that are in Jesus , was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus .
1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet ,
1:11 saying : “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches – to Ephesus , Smyrna , Pergamum , Thyatira , Sardis , Philadelphia , and Laodicea .”
1:12 I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me , and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands ,
1:13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man . He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest .
1:14 His head and hair were as white as wool , even as white as snow , and his eyes were like a fiery flame .
1:15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace , and his voice was like the roar of many waters .
1:16 He held seven stars in his right hand , and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth . His face shone like the sun shining at full strength .
1:17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead , but he placed his right hand on me and said : “Do not be afraid ! I am the first and the last ,
1:18 and the one who lives ! I was dead , but look , now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades !
1:19 Therefore write what you saw , what is , and what will be after these things .
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
REVELATION OF JOHN |
Jesus, The Christ |
Vision |
PAROUSIA |
Asia |
Patmos |
Stars |
TEXT AND MANUSCRIPTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT |
ASTRONOMY, II |
NUMBER |
PAPYRUS |
Key |
Alpha |
Word of God |
Seven |
God |
A |
Church |
ASCENSION |
Lampstand |
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NET Notes -> Rev 1:4; Rev 1:4; Rev 1:4; Rev 1:4; Rev 1:4; Rev 1:5; Rev 1:5; Rev 1:5; Rev 1:5; Rev 1:5; Rev 1:6; Rev 1:6; Rev 1:6; Rev 1:6; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:7; Rev 1:8; Rev 1:8; Rev 1:9; Rev 1:9; Rev 1:9; Rev 1:10; Rev 1:10; Rev 1:10; Rev 1:11; Rev 1:11; Rev 1:12; Rev 1:12; Rev 1:12; Rev 1:13; Rev 1:13; Rev 1:14; Rev 1:14; Rev 1:14; Rev 1:15; Rev 1:15; Rev 1:15; Rev 1:16; Rev 1:16; Rev 1:17; Rev 1:17; Rev 1:18; Rev 1:18; Rev 1:18; Rev 1:19; Rev 1:20; Rev 1:20
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NET Notes: Rev 1:5 The style here is somewhat Semitic, with the use of the ἐν (en) + the dative to mean “at the price of.” The addition of “...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:6 Both the longer reading τῶν αἰώνων (twn aiwnwn, “to the ages of the ages” or, more idiomat...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:7 These lines are placed in parentheses because they form an aside to the main argument.
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NET Notes: Rev 1:8 On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (O...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:10 The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγ...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:11 Grk “and to Smyrna.” For stylistic reasons the conjunction καί (kai) and the preposition εἰς (eis) have not...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:12 Grk “and turning I saw.” The repetition of ἐπιστρέφω (epistrefw) is somewhat redundant in co...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:13 Or “a wide golden sash,” but this would not be diagonal, as some modern sashes are, but horizontal. The Greek term can refer to a wide ban...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:16 This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.
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NET Notes: Rev 1:17 Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two claus...
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NET Notes: Rev 1:18 In the OT, Hades was known as Sheol. It is the place where the unrighteous will reside (Matt 11:23; Luke 16:23; Rev 20:13-14).
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NET Notes: Rev 1:19 Grk “Therefore write the things that you saw, and the things that are, and the things that will take place after these things.” Verse 19 c...
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