Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
bare record of—"testified the word of God" in this book. Where we would say "testifies," the ancients in epistolary communications use the past tense. The word of God constitutes his testimony; Revelation 1:3, "the words of this prophecy."
the testimony of Jesus—"the Spirit of prophecy" (Revelation 19:10).
and of all things that, etc.—The oldest manuscripts omit "and." Translate, "whatsoever things he saw," in apposition with "the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ."
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