Revelation: verse by verse

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:1

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:2

who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

 

[Isaacsname]

I like how the Book is commonly titled based on the 1st sentence

It illuminates the usage of the idiom " coming with the clouds " ( something hidden and later revealed )

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:3

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:4

John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne,

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:6

and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:7

"Look, he is coming with the clouds," and "every eye will see him, even those who pierced him"; and all peoples on earth "will mourn because of him." So shall it be! Amen.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:8

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:9-10

9I, John, your brother and fellow partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:11

which said: "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea."

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:12

I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:13

and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man, dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 1:14
And his head and his hair were white as white wool, [white] as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

 

[doc329]

Revelation 1:15
and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:16

In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:17

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 1:18
and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.

 

[RitaKay]

Revelation 1:19

"Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

 

[doc329]

Revelation 1:20
the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.