The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Revelation 01
1 This 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,
2 who testified to God’s word and of the
testimony ofJesusChrist, about everything
that he saw.
3 Blessed is he who reads and those who
hear the words of the prophecy, and keep
the things that are writteninit,for the time
is near.
4 John, 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;
5 and 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—
6 and 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.
7 Behold,§ he is coming with the clouds,
and every eye will see him, including those
who pierced him. Allthe tribes ofthe earth
will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,†” says
the Lord God,‡ “who is and who was and
who is to come, the Almighty.”
9 I 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.
10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day,
and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a
trumpet
11 saying,§ “What you see, write in a
book and send to the seven assemblies:†
to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira,
Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12 I turned to see the voice that spoke
with me. Having turned, I saw seven
golden lamp stands.
13 And 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.
14 His head and his hair were white as
white wool, like snow. His eyes were like
a flame of fire.
15 His feet were like burnished brass, as
if it had been refined in a furnace. His
voice was like the voice of many waters.
16 He had seven stars in his right hand.
Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp twoedged
sword. His face was like the sun
shining at its brightest.
17 When 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,
18 and the Living one. I was dead, and
behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen.
I have the keys of Death and of Hades.‡
19 Write therefore the things which you
have seen, and the things which are, and
the things which will happen hereafter.
20 The 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.