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Book
  
Book of Revelation

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Bible part
  
New Testament

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Apocalypse

Revelation 1

Revelation 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle.

Contents

Text

  • The original text is written in Koine Greek.
  • Some of the oldest manuscripts containing this chapter are:
  • Papyrus 98 (2nd century; extant: verses 13-20)
  • Papyrus 18 (3rd/4th century; extant: verses 4-7)
  • Codex Sinaiticus (AD 330-360)
  • Codex Alexandrinus (ca. AD 400-440)
  • Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (ca. AD 450; extant: verses 3-20)
  • This chapter is divided into 20 verses.

    • Structure

    This chapter can be grouped (with cross references to other parts of the Bible):

  • Revelation 1:1-3 = Prologue
  • Revelation 1:4-8 = Greetings and Doxology
  • Revelation 1:9-20 = John’s Vision of Christ

    • Verse 1

    New King James Version

    The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

    Verse 4

    New King James Version

    John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

    Verse 5

    New King James Version

    and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

    Verse 6

    New King James Version

    and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

    Verse 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.

    Cross reference: Isaiah 44:6

    Verse 11

    New King James Version

    which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

    Verse 17

    New King James Version

    When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

    Verse 18

    New King James Version

    I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

    References

    Revelation 1 Wikipedia
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