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Revelation 1:2

Jesus

1 This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

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

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

4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven Spirits before His throne,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
KJV
Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
WEB
who testified to God’s word and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
ASV
who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, [even] of all things that he saw.
DARBY
who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.
BLB
who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, as much as he saw.
ÅB
som har vitnet om Guds ord og Jesu Kristi vitnesbyrd, alt det han så.
OTB
som vitnet om Guds ord og Jesu Kristi vitnesbyrd, om alt han så.
B1930
som har vidnet om Guds ord og Jesu Kristi vidnesbyrd, alt det han så.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 19:35

    The one who saw it has testified to this, and his testimony is true. He knows that he is telling the truth, so that you also may believe.

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  • 1 Corinthians 1:6

    because our testimony about Christ was confirmed in you.

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  • 1 John 1:1

    That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our own eyes, which we have gazed upon and touched with our own hands—this is the Word of life.

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  • Revelation 1:19

    Therefore write down the things you have seen, and the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

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  • John 21:24

    This is the disciple who testifies to these things and who has written them down. And we know that his testimony is true.

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  • Revelation 12:17

    And the dragon was enraged at the woman, and went to make war with the rest of her children, who keep the commandments of God and hold to the testimony of Jesus. And the dragon stood on the shore of the sea.

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  • Revelation 6:9

    And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony they had upheld.

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  • Revelation 1:9

    I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

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