(A)Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and (B)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will (C)mourn over Him. [a]So it is to be. Amen.

“I am (D)the Alpha and the Omega,” says the (E)Lord God, (F)who is and who was and who [b]is to come, the Almighty.”

The Patmos Vision

(G)I, John, your (H)brother and (I)fellow participant in the tribulation and (J)kingdom and [c](K)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (L)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:7 Or Yes. Amen.
  2. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming
  3. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[a](A)
    and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(B)
    and all peoples on earth “will mourn(C) because of him.”[b]
So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(D) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(E) the Almighty.”(F)

John’s Vision of Christ

I, John,(G) your brother and companion in the suffering(H) and kingdom(I) and patient endurance(J) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God(K) and the testimony of Jesus.(L)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
  2. Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10