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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,  
6 and has amade us kings and priests to His God and Father, bto Him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.  
7 Behold, He is coming with aclouds, and every eye will see Him, even bthey who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.  
8 a“I am the Alpha and the Omega,1 the Beginning and the End,” says the2 Lord, b“who is and who was and who is to come, the cAlmighty.”  

Vision of the Son of Man

9 I, John,1 both your brother and acompanion in the tribulation and bkingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.  
10 aI was in the Spirit on bthe Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ca loud voice, as of a trumpet,  
11 saying,1 “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches2 which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”  
12 Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned aI saw seven golden lampstands,  
13 aand in the midst of the seven lampstands bOne like the Son of Man, cclothed with a garment down to the feet and dgirded about the chest with a golden band.  
14 His head and ahair were white like wool, as white as snow, and bHis eyes like a flame of fire;  
15 aHis feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and bHis voice as the sound of many waters;  
16 aHe had in His right hand seven stars, bout of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, cand His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength.  
17 And awhen I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But bHe laid His right hand on me, saying1 to me, “Do not be afraid; cI am the First and the Last.  
18 aI am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, bI am alive forevermore. Amen. And cI have the keys of Hades and of Death.  
19 Write the things which you have aseen, band the things which are, cand the things which will take place after this.  
20 The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are athe angels of the seven churches, and bthe seven lampstands which you saw are the seven churches. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Revelation 1:5

the faithful witness—of the truth concerning Himself and His mission as Prophet, Priest, and King Saviour. "He was the faithful witness, because all things that He heard of the Father He faithfully made known to His disciples. Also, because He taught the way of God in truth, and cared not for man, nor regarded the persons of men. Also, because the truth which He taught in words He confirmed by miracles. Also, because the testimony to Himself on the part of the Father He denied not even in death. Lastly, because He will give true testimony of the works of good and bad at the day of judgment" [RICHARD OF ST. VICTOR in TRENCH]. The nominative in Greek standing in apposition to the genitive, "Jesus Christ," gives majestic prominence to "the faithful witness."

the first-begotten of the dead— (Colossians 1:18). Lazarus rose, to die again. Christ rose to die no more. The image is not as if the grave was the womb of His resurrection-birth [ALFORD]; but as Acts 13:33; Romans 1:4, treat Christ's resurrection as the epoch and event which fulfilled the Scripture, Psalms 2:7, "This day (at the resurrection) have I begotten Thee." It was then that His divine Sonship as the God-man was manifested and openly attested by the Father. So our resurrection and our manifested sonship, or generation, are connected. Hence "regeneration" is used of the resurrection-state at the restitution of all things (Matthew 19:28).

the prince—or Ruler. The kingship of the world which the tempter offered to Jesus on condition of doing homage to him, and so shunning the cross, He has obtained by the cross. "The kings of the earth" conspired against the Lord's Anointed (Psalms 2:2): these He shall break in pieces (Psalms 2:9). Those who are wise in time and kiss the Son shall bring their glory unto Him at His manifestation as King of kings, after He has destroyed His foes.

Unto him that loved us—The oldest manuscripts read the present, ". . . loveth us." It is His ever-continuing character, He loveth us, and ever shall love us. His love rests evermore on His people.

washed us—The two oldest manuscripts read, "freed (loosed as from a bond) us": so ANDREAS and PRIMASIUS. One very old manuscript, Vulgate, and Coptic read as English Version, perhaps drawn from Revelation 7:4. "Loosed us in (virtue of) His blood," being the harder reading to understand, is less likely to have come from the transcribers. The reference is thus to Greek, "lutron," the ransom paid for our release (Matthew 20:28). In favor of English Version reading is the usage whereby the priests, before putting on the holy garments and ministering, washed themselves: so spiritually believers, as priests unto God, must first be washed in Christ's blood from every stain before they can serve God aright now, or hereafter minister as dispensers of blessing to the subject nations in the millennial kingdom, or minister before God in heaven.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Revelation 1:5:

Psalms 110:3
Song of Solomon 2:12
Song of Solomon 3:1
Song of Solomon 5:10
Isaiah 55:4
Jeremiah 42:5
Matthew 1:21
Matthew 27:52
John 13:10
Romans 6:23
Colossians 1:18
1 Timothy 6:15
Hebrews 1:5
Revelation 1:4
Revelation 7:14

 

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