Revelation 22:6

⁴ They will see His face, and His name will be on their foreheads.

⁵ There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and they will reign forever and ever.

Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”

⁷ “Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”

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.

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: Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”
KJV: And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
WEB: He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”
ASV: And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angels to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.
DARBY: And he said to me, These words [are] faithful and true; and [the] Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to shew to his bondmen the things which must soon come to pass.
BLB: And he said to me, “These words [are] faithful and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent His angel to show His servants what is necessary to take place in quickness.”

ÅB: Og han sa til meg: Disse ord er troverdige og sanne, og Herren, den Gud som utdeler sin Ånd til profetene, har sendt ut sin engel for å vise sine tjenere det som snart skal skje.
OTB: Engelen sa til meg: “Disse ordene er troverdige og sanne. Herren, profetenes ånders Gud, har sendt sin engel for å vise sine tjenere det som snart må skje.”
B1930: Og han sa til mig: Disse ord er troverdige og sanne, og Herren, den Gud som utdeler sin Ånd til profetene, har sendt ut sin engel for å vise sine tjenere det som snart skal skje.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Revelation 1:1
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,
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Revelation 21:5
And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
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Revelation 19:9
Then the angel told me to write, “Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.” And he said to me, “These are the true words of God.”
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Romans 1:2
the gospel He promised beforehand through His prophets in the Holy Scriptures,
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Acts 3:18
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
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2 Peter 1:21
For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
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Luke 1:70
as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
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2 Peter 3:2
by recalling what was foretold by the holy prophets and commanded by our Lord and Savior through your apostles.
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