Revelation 1:5-8

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⁵and from Jesus Christ who faithfully reveals all truth to us. He was the first to rise from death, to die no more.^[a] He is far greater than any king in all the earth. All praise to him who always loves us and who set us free from our sins by pouring out his lifeblood for us. ⁶He has gathered us into his Kingdom and made us priests of God his Father. Give to him everlasting glory! He rules forever! Amen!

⁷See! He is arriving, surrounded by clouds; and every eye shall see him—yes, and those who pierced him.^[b] And the nations will weep in sorrow and in terror when he comes. Yes! Amen! Let it be so!

⁸“I am the A and the Z,^[c] the Beginning and the Ending of all things,” says God, who is the Lord, the All Powerful One who is, and was, and is coming again!

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Footnotes

Revelation 1:5 He was the first to rise from death, to die no more, literally, “He was the firstborn from the dead.” Others (Lazarus, etc.) rose to die again. As used here the expression therefore implies “to die no more.”
Revelation 1:7 and those who pierced him. John saw this happen with his own eyes—the piercing of Jesus—and never forgot the horror of it.
Revelation 1:8 I am the A and the Z, literally, “I am Alpha and Omega.” These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. is coming again, literally, “who comes” or “who is to come.”