Revelation 1:2-3

1:2 who then ¹  testified to everything that he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony about ²  Jesus Christ. 1:3 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this ³  prophecy aloud, ⁴  and blessed are ⁵  those who hear and obey ⁶  the things written in it, because the time is near! ⁷ 

[1:2]  ¹ tn “Then” is not in the Greek text, but is supplied to make the chronological succession clear in the translation.

[1:2]  ² tn The genitive phrase “about Jesus Christ” is taken as an objective genitive.

[1:3]  ³ tn The word “this” is used to translate the Greek article τῆς (ths), bringing out its demonstrative force.

[1:3]  ⁴ 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.

[1:3]  ⁵ tn The words “blessed are” are repeated from the beginning of this verse for stylistic reasons and for clarity.

[1:3]  ⁶ tn Grk “keep.” L&N 36.19 has “to continue to obey orders or commandments – ‘to obey, to keep commandments, obedience.’”

[1:3]  ⁷ sn The time refers to the time when the things prophesied would happen.