Revelation 1:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Revelation 1:2

Introduction and Benediction

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, ^awhich God gave Him to show His servants—things which must¹ shortly take place. And ^bHe sent and signified it by His angel to His servant John,

2 ^awho bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things ^bthat he saw.

3 ^aBlessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written in it; for ^bthe time is near.

Greeting the Seven Churches

4 John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him ^awho is and ^bwho was and who is to come, ^cand from the seven Spirits who are before His throne,

5 and from Jesus Christ, ^athe faithful ^bwitness, the ^cfirstborn from the dead, and ^dthe ruler over the kings of the earth. To Him ^ewho loved us ^fand washed us from our sins in His own blood,

Verse Comparison: Revelation 1:2

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American Standard Version
who bare witness of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, `even' of all things that he saw.

Amplified® Bible
Who has testified to {and} vouched for all that he saw [in his visions], the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Contemporary English Version
And John told everything that he had seen about God's message and about what Jesus Christ had said and done.

Darby English Version
who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.

Good News Bible
and John has told all that he has seen. This is his report concerning the message from God and the truth revealed by Jesus Christ.

International Standard Version
who testified to what he saw: the word of God and the testimony about Jesus Christ.

King James Version
Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

New American Standard Bible
who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, {even} to all that he saw.

New International Version
who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

New King James Version
who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, to all things that he saw.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Young's Literal Translation
who did testify the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, as many things also as he did see.

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Greeting the Seven Churches

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