Revelation 1

1This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,Cross-references: Ps 25:14 · Dan 2:28 · Dan 8:16 · Dan 9:21 · Dan 9:23 · Amos 3:7 · +15 more

2who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.Cross-references: John 1:32 · John 3:11 · John 12:17 · John 19:35 · John 21:24 · Acts 4:20 · +13 more

3Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it, for the time is near.Cross-references: Prov 8:34 · Dan 12:12 · Luke 11:28 · Rom 13:11 · James 5:8 · 1Pet 4:7 · +5 more

4John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from God, who is and who was and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne;Cross-references: Ex 3:14 · Ps 90:2 · Ps 102:25 · Isa 11:2 · Isa 41:4 · Isa 57:15 · +27 more

5and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us, and washed us from our sins by his blood—Cross-references: Deut 7:8 · Deut 23:5 · Ps 72:11 · Ps 89:27 · Ps 89:36 · Prov 8:15 · +36 more

6and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.Cross-references: Ex 19:6 · Ps 72:18 · Isa 61:6 · Dan 4:34 · Matt 6:13 · John 5:23 · +14 more

7Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.Cross-references: Num 24:17 · Judg 5:31 · Job 19:26 · Job 33:26 · Ps 22:16 · Ps 68:1 · +26 moreExamined: Quran & the Bible →

8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”Cross-references: Gen 17:1 · Gen 28:3 · Gen 35:11 · Gen 43:14 · Gen 48:3 · Gen 49:25 · +19 more

9I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.Cross-references: John 16:33 · Acts 14:22 · Rom 2:7 · Rom 5:3 · Rom 8:17 · Rom 8:25 · +21 more

10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpetCross-references: Matt 22:43 · John 20:19 · John 20:26 · Acts 10:10 · Acts 20:7 · 1Cor 16:2 · +5 more

11saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”Cross-references: Deut 31:19 · Isa 30:8 · Jer 30:2 · Hab 2:2 · Acts 18:19 · Acts 18:24 · +22 more

12I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.Cross-references: Ex 25:37 · Ezek 43:5 · Mic 6:9 · Zech 4:2 · Rev 1:13 · Rev 1:20

13And among the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.Cross-references: Ex 28:6 · Ex 39:5 · Lev 8:7 · Isa 11:5 · Ezek 1:26 · Dan 7:9 · +8 more

14His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.Cross-references: Dan 7:9 · Dan 10:6 · Matt 28:3 · Rev 2:18 · Rev 19:12

15His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.Cross-references: Ps 93:4 · Isa 17:13 · Ezek 1:7 · Ezek 40:3 · Ezek 43:2 · Dan 10:6 · +3 more

16He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.Cross-references: Judg 5:31 · Job 38:7 · Isa 11:4 · Isa 24:23 · Isa 49:2 · Isa 60:19 · +15 more

17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,Cross-references: Gen 15:1 · Ex 14:13 · Ex 20:20 · Isa 41:4 · Isa 41:10 · Isa 44:6 · +18 more

18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.Cross-references: Job 19:25 · Ps 18:46 · Ps 68:20 · Isa 22:22 · Matt 16:19 · John 14:19 · +16 more

19Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter.Cross-references: Rev 1:11 · Rev 4:1

20The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lamp stands is this: The seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies. The seven lamp stands are seven assemblies.Cross-references: Zech 4:2 · Mal 2:7 · Matt 5:14 · Matt 13:11 · Luke 8:10 · Phil 2:15 · +10 more