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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Revelation 1</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/revelation/1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//revelation/1-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/revelation/">Revelation</a> > Revelation 1</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jude/1.htm" title="Jude 1">◄</a> Revelation 1 <a href="../revelation/2.htm" title="Revelation 2">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/revelation/1.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/revelation/1.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/revelation/1.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/revelation/1.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/revelation/1.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/revelation/1.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/revelation/1.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Prologue<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../daniel/12.htm">Daniel 12:1–13</a>)</span><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near. <A name="5"></a><p class="hdg">John Greets the Seven Churches<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>John, <p class="reg"> To the seven churches in the province of Asia:<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="reg"> Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> before His throne, <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. <p class="reg"> To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood, <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen. <A name="9"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“I am the Alpha and the Omega,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span>” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty. <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">John’s Vision on Patmos<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>saying,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <span class="red">“Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”</span> <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, <span class="red">“Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.</span> <A name="20"></a><p class="red"><span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Therefore write down the things you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that will happen after this. <span class="reftext"><a href="/revelation/1-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</span></p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>suddenly</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>quickly</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Literally <i>in Asia</i><span class="thin"> </span>; Asia was a Roman province in what is now western Turkey. <br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>the sevenfold Spirit</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> TR <i>the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> TR <i>saying, “I am Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and,</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>one like a son of man</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see <a href="../daniel/7.htm#13">Daniel 7:13</a>.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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