Revelation 22:7

22:7 (Look! I am coming soon!

Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy expressed in this book.) ¹ 

Revelation 1:3

1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this ²  prophecy aloud, ³  and blessed are ⁴  those who hear and obey ⁵  the things written in it, because the time is near! ⁶ 

Revelation 22:10

22:10 Then ⁷  he said to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy contained in this book, because the time is near.

Revelation 22:9

22:9 But ⁸  he said to me, “Do not do this! ⁹  I am a fellow servant ¹⁰  with you and with your brothers the prophets, and with those who obey ¹¹  the words of this book. Worship God!”

Revelation 22:18

22:18 I testify to the one who hears the words of the prophecy contained in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described ¹²  in this book.

¹ sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.

² tn The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article τῆς (ths), bringing out its demonstrative force.

³ tn The word “aloud” has been supplied to indicate that in the original historical setting reading would usually refer to reading out loud in public rather than silently to oneself.

⁴ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

⁵ tn Grk “keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments – ‘to obey, to keep commandments, obedience.’”

⁶ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.

⁴ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast present here.

⁵ tn On the elliptical expression ὅρα μή ({ora mh) BDAG 720 s.v. ὁράω B.2 states: “Elliptically…ὅρα μή (sc. ποιήσῃς) watch out! don’t do that! Rv 19:10; 22:9.”

⁶ tn Grk “fellow slave.” Though σύνδουλος (sundoulos) is here translated “fellow servant,” the word does not bear the connotation of a free individual serving another. See the note on the word “servants” in 1:1.

⁷ tn Grk “keep” (an idiom for obedience).

⁵ tn Grk “written.”