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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”[a] says the Lord God, the one who is, and who was, and who is coming, the Almighty.

God Tells John to Write Down What He Sees

I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingship and patient endurance in Jesus,[b] was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.[c]

10 I was in spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard a loud voice behind me, like a trumpet,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:8 Some witnesses to the text add the Beginning and the End.
  2. Revelation 1:9 Some witnesses to the text read Christ.
  3. Revelation 1:9 A few witnesses to the text add Christ.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(B) the Almighty.”(C)

John’s Vision of Christ

I, John,(D) your brother and companion in the suffering(E) and kingdom(F) and patient endurance(G) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God(H) and the testimony of Jesus.(I) 10 On the Lord’s Day(J) I was in the Spirit,(K) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,(L)

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