Revelation 1:2
1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
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.
Compare
- 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
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
Read in context1 Corinthians 1:6
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
Read in context1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Read in contextRevelation 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Read in contextJohn 21:24
This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Read in contextRevelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Read in contextRevelation 6:9
And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
Read in contextRevelation 1:9
I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
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