Revelation 22:10
8 And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things.
9 But he said to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God!”
Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
11 Let the unrighteous continue to be unrighteous, and the vile continue to be vile; let the righteous continue to practice righteousness, and the holy continue to be holy.”
12 “Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
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
- Then he told me, “Do not seal up the words of prophecy in this book, because the time is near.
- KJV
- And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
- WEB
- He said to me, “Don’t seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand.
- ASV
- And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.
- DARBY
- And he says to me, Seal not the words of the prophecy of this book. The time is near.
- BLB
- And he says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is near.
- ÅB
- Og han sier til meg: Du skal ikke sette segl for de profetiske ord i denne bok; for tiden er nær.
- OTB
- Så sa han til meg: “Forsegl ikke ordene i profetien i denne boken, for tiden er nær.
- B1930
- Og han sier til mig: Du skal ikke sette segl for de profetiske ord i denne bok; for tiden er nær.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Daniel 8:26
The vision of the evenings and the mornings that has been spoken is true. Now you must seal up the vision, for it concerns the distant future.”
Read in contextRevelation 1:3
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.
Read in context1 Peter 4:7
The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Read in contextRevelation 10:4
When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
Read in contextMatthew 10:27
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
Read in contextEzekiel 12:23
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
Read in contextRomans 13:12
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Read in contextDaniel 12:4
But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
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