mGNT Concordance for μετὰ

After the exile to Babylon

Jeconiah fathered Shealtiel,

Shealtiel fathered Zerubbabel,

Entering the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and falling to their knees, they worshiped him.[fn] Then they opened their treasures and presented him with gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John. They were in a boat with Zebedee their father, preparing their nets, and he called them.

“I tell you that many will come from east and west to share the banquet[fn] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners? ”

“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching; and look ​— ​something greater than Jonah is here.

“And the one sown on rocky ground ​— ​this is one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy.

“For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each according to what he has done.

“But if he won't listen, take one or two others with you, so that by the testimony[fn] of two or three witnesses every fact may be established.

“For this reason, the kingdom of heaven can be compared to a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

His disciples said to him, “If the relationship of a man with his wife is like this, it's better not to marry.”

“After agreeing with the workers on one denarius,[fn] he sent them into his vineyard for the day.

Then the mother of Zebedee's sons approached him with her sons. She knelt down to ask him for something.

So they sent their disciples to him, along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that you are truthful and teach truthfully the way of God. You don't care what anyone thinks nor do you show partiality.[fn]

“Immediately after the distress of those days, the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light; the stars will fall from the sky, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

“and starts to beat his fellow servants, and eats and drinks with drunkards,

“He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

“but the wise ones took oil in their flasks with their lamps.

“After a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them.

“You know[fn] that the Passover takes place after two days, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.”

“Go into the city to a certain man,” he said, “and tell him, ‘The Teacher says: My time is near; I am celebrating the Passover at your place[fn] with my disciples.' ”

When evening came, he was reclining at the table with the Twelve.

“But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. A large mob with swords and clubs was with him from the chief priests and elders of the people.

At that moment one of those with Jesus reached out his hand and drew his sword. He struck the high priest's servant and cut off his ear.

At that time Jesus said to the crowds, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,[fn] to capture me? Every day I used to sit, teaching in the temple, and you didn't arrest me.

Peter was following him at a distance right to the high priest's courtyard. He went in and was sitting with the servants to see the outcome.

Now Peter was sitting outside in the courtyard. A servant girl approached him and said, “You were with Jesus the Galilean too.”

When he had gone out to the gateway, another woman saw him and told those who were there, “This man was with Jesus the Nazarene! ”

they gave him wine[fn] mixed with gall to drink. But when he tasted it, he refused to drink it.

In the same way the chief priests, with the scribes and elders,[fn] mocked him and said,

And they came out of the tombs after his resurrection, entered the holy city, and appeared to many.

The next day, which followed the preparation day, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate

They went and secured the tomb by setting a seal on the stone and placing the guards.

So, departing quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, they ran to tell his disciples the news.

After the priests[fn] had assembled with the elders and agreed on a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels were serving him.

Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.

As soon as they left the synagogue, they went into Simon and Andrew's house with James and John.

When the scribes who were Pharisees[fn] saw that he was eating with sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples, “Why does he eat[fn] with tax collectors and sinners? ”

Immediately the Pharisees went out and started plotting with the Herodians against him, how they might kill him.

“And others are like seed sown on rocky ground. When they hear the word, immediately they receive it with joy.

At once she hurried to the king and said, “I want you to give me John the Baptist's head on a platter immediately.”

And he immediately got into the boat with his disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

Then he began to teach them that it was necessary for the Son of Man to suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, be killed, and rise after three days.

“For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”

After six days Jesus took Peter, James, and John and led them up a high mountain by themselves to be alone. He was transfigured in front of them,

For he was teaching his disciples and telling them, “The Son of Man is going to be betrayed[fn] into the hands of men. They will kill him, and after he is killed, he will rise three days later.”

“who will not receive a hundred times more, now at this time ​— ​houses, brothers and sisters, mothers and children, and fields, with persecutions ​— ​and eternal life in the age to come.

“and they will mock him, spit on him, flog[fn] him, and kill him, and he will rise after three days.”

He went into Jerusalem and into the temple. After looking around at everything, since it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the Twelve.

“But in those days, after that tribulation: The sun will be darkened, and the moon will not shed its light;

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory.

It was two days before the Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread. The chief priests and the scribes were looking for a cunning way to arrest Jesus and kill him.

“Wherever he enters, tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher says, “Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '

When evening came, he arrived with the Twelve.

“But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you to Galilee.”

While he was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, suddenly arrived. With him was a mob, with swords and clubs, from the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders.

Jesus said to them, “Have you come out with swords and clubs, as if I were a criminal,[fn] to capture me?

Peter followed him at a distance, right into the high priest's courtyard. He was sitting with the servants,[fn] warming himself by the fire.

“I am,” said Jesus, “and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power and coming with the clouds of heaven.”

When she saw Peter warming himself, she looked at him and said, “You also were with Jesus, the man from Nazareth.”

But again he denied it. After a little while those standing there said to Peter again, “You certainly are one of them, since you're also a Galilean.”[fn]

As soon as it was morning, having held a meeting with the elders, scribes, and the whole Sanhedrin, the chief priests tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

There was one named Barabbas, who was in prison with rebels who had committed murder during the rebellion.

In the same way, the chief priests with the scribes were mocking him among themselves and saying, “He saved others, but he cannot save himself!

After this, he appeared in a different form to two of them walking on their way into the country.

So the Lord Jesus, after speaking to them, was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

After these days his wife Elizabeth conceived and kept herself in seclusion for five months. She said,

And the angel came to her and said, “Greetings, favored woman! The Lord is with you.”[fn]

In those days Mary set out and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judah

He has dealt mercifully with our ancestors

and remembered his holy covenant —

There was also a prophetess, Anna, a daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well along in years, having lived with her husband seven years after her marriage,[fn]

After three days, they found him in the temple sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions.

After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and he said to him, “Follow me.”

But the Pharisees and their scribes were complaining to his disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? ”

“And the seed on the rock are those who, when they hear, receive the word with joy. Having no root, these believe for a while and fall away in a time of testing.

About eight days after this conversation, he took along Peter, John, and James and went up on the mountain to pray.

“A spirit seizes him; suddenly he shrieks, and it throws him into convulsions until he foams at the mouth; severely bruising him, it scarcely ever leaves him.

After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two[fn] others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go.

The seventy-two[fn] returned with joy, saying, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in your name.”

“The queen of the south will rise up at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them, because she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and look ​— ​something greater than Solomon is here.

“I say to you, my friends, don't fear those who kill the body, and after that can do nothing more.

“that servant's master will come on a day he does not expect him and at an hour he does not know. He will cut him to pieces[fn] and assign him a place with the unfaithful.[fn]

“As you are going with your adversary to the ruler, make an effort to settle with him on the way. Then he won't drag you before the judge, the judge hand you over to the bailiff, and the bailiff throw you into prison.

At that time, some people came and reported to him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices.

“The one who invited both of you may come and say to you, ‘Give your place to this man,' and then in humiliation, you will proceed to take the lowest place.

“Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thousand?

“But he replied to his father, ‘Look, I have been slaving many years for you, and I have never disobeyed your orders, yet you never gave me a goat so that I could celebrate with my friends.

“Instead, will he not tell him, ‘Prepare something for me to eat, get ready, and serve me while I eat and drink; later you can eat and drink'?

But one of them, seeing that he was healed, returned and, with a loud voice, gave glory to God.

When he was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming with something observable;

“For a while he was unwilling, but later he said to himself, ‘Even though I don't fear God or respect people,

“Then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

“Tell the owner of the house, ‘The Teacher asks you, “Where is the guest room where I can eat the Passover with my disciples? ” '

In the same way he also took the cup after supper and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.[fn]

“Lord,” he told him, “I'm ready to go with you both to prison and to death.”

“For I tell you, what is written must be fulfilled in me:[fn] And he was counted among the lawless. Yes, what is written about me is coming to its fulfillment.”

Then Jesus said to the chief priests, temple police, and the elders who had come for him, “Have you come out with swords and clubs as if I were a criminal?[fn]

After a little while, someone else saw him and said, “You're one of them too.”

“Man, I am not! ” Peter said.

So the women were terrified and bowed down to the ground.

“Why are you looking for the living among the dead? ” asked the men.

After worshiping him, they returned to Jerusalem with great joy.

After this, he went down to Capernaum, together with his mother, his brothers, and his disciples, and they stayed there only a few days.

After this, Jesus and his disciples went to the Judean countryside, where he spent time with them and baptized.

Then a dispute arose between John's disciples and a Jew[fn] about purification.

Just then his disciples arrived, and they were amazed that he was talking with a woman. Yet no one said, “What do you want? ” or “Why are you talking with her? ”

After two days he left there for Galilee.

After this, a Jewish festival took place, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

After this, Jesus found him in the temple and said to him, “See, you are well. Do not sin anymore, so that something worse doesn't happen to you.”

After this, Jesus crossed the Sea of Galilee (or Tiberias).

Jesus went up a mountain and sat down there with his disciples.

After this, Jesus traveled in Galilee, since he did not want to travel in Judea because the Jews were trying to kill him.

Jesus answered, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”

Then after that, he said to the disciples, “Let's go to Judea again.”

He said this, and then he told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I'm on my way to wake him up.”

Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews but departed from there to the countryside near the wilderness, to a town called Ephraim, and he stayed there with the disciples.

Jesus answered him, “What I'm doing you don't realize now, but afterward you will understand.”

After Judas ate the piece of bread, Satan entered him. So Jesus told him, “What you're doing, do quickly.”

Judas, who betrayed him, also knew the place, because Jesus often met there with his disciples.

After this, when Jesus knew that everything was now finished that the Scripture might be fulfilled, he said, “I'm thirsty.”

After this, Joseph of Arimathea, who was a disciple of Jesus ​— ​but secretly because of his fear of the Jews ​— ​asked Pilate that he might remove Jesus's body. Pilate gave him permission; so he came and took his body away.

They took Jesus's body and wrapped it in linen cloths with the fragrant spices, according to the burial custom of the Jews.

The wrapping that had been on his head was not lying with the linen cloths but was folded up in a separate place by itself.

After this, Jesus revealed himself again to his disciples by the Sea of Tiberias.[fn] He revealed himself in this way:

After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

“for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit in a few days.”

Then they cast lots for them, and the lot fell to Matthias and he was added to the eleven apostles.

“You have revealed the paths of life to me;

you will fill me with gladness

in your presence.

“And now, Lord, consider their threats, and grant that your servants may speak your word with all boldness,

When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.

Then the commander went with the servants and brought them in without force, because they were afraid the people might stone them.

“After this man, Judas the Galilean rose up in the days of the census and attracted a following. He also perished, and all his followers were scattered.

“Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land in which you are now living.

“I will judge the nation that they will serve as slaves, God said. After this, they will come out and worship me in this place.

“He is the one who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors. He received living oracles to give to us.

“Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before them, until the days of David.

And after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul was with the disciples in Damascus for some time.

“You know the events that took place throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached:

“not by all the people, but by us whom God appointed as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent word to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of encouragement for the people, you can speak.”

“The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, made the people prosper during their stay in the land of Egypt, and led them out of it with a mighty[fn] arm.

“This all took about 450 years. After this, he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

When they had appointed elders for them in every church and prayed with fasting, they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed.

After they stopped speaking, James responded, “Brothers, listen to me.

“After these things I will return

and rebuild David's fallen tent.

I will rebuild its ruins

and set it up again,

But Paul and Barnabas, along with many others, remained in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the word of the Lord.

The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined[fn] the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.

After this, he[fn] left Athens and went to Corinth,

“For I am with you, and no one will lay a hand on you to hurt you, because I have many people in this city.”

After these events, Paul resolved by the Spirit[fn] to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem. “After I've been there,” he said, “It is necessary for me to see Rome as well.”

After the uproar was over, Paul sent for the disciples, encouraged them, and after saying farewell, departed to go to Macedonia.

but we sailed away from Philippi after the Festival of Unleavened Bread. In five days we reached them at Troas, where we spent seven days.

“serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and during the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.

“I know that after my departure savage wolves will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

“Therefore be on the alert, remembering that night and day for three years I never stopped warning each one of you with tears.

After this we got ready and went up to Jerusalem.

Five days later Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

“We acknowledge this in every way and everywhere, most excellent Felix, with utmost gratitude.

“While I was doing this, some Jews from Asia found me ritually purified in the temple, without a crowd and without any uproar.

Several days later, when Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish, he sent for Paul and listened to him on the subject of faith in Christ Jesus.

Three days after Festus arrived in the province, he went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.

Then after Festus conferred with his council, he replied, “You have appealed to Caesar; to Caesar you will go.”

So the next day, Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium with the military commanders and prominent men of the city. When Festus gave the command, Paul was brought in.

and told them, “Men, I can see that this voyage is headed toward disaster and heavy loss, not only of the cargo and the ship but also of our lives.”

“and said, ‘Don't be afraid, Paul. It is necessary for you to appear before Caesar. And indeed, God has graciously given you all those who are sailing with you.'

After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered at the island, with the Twin Gods[fn] as its figurehead.

From there, after making a circuit along the coast,[fn] we reached Rhegium. After one day a south wind sprang up, and the second day we came to Puteoli.

After three days he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our ancestors, I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.

proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.

If possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone.

Again it says, Rejoice, you Gentiles, with his people!

May the God of peace be with all of you. Amen.

Instead, brother goes to court against brother, and that before unbelievers!

In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, and said, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”

So let no one look down on him. Send him on his way in peace so that he can come to me, because I am expecting him with the brothers.

My love be with all of you in Christ Jesus.

What agreement does Christ have with Belial?[fn] Or what does a believer have in common with an unbeliever?

And his affection toward you is even greater as he remembers the obedience of all of you, and how you received him with fear and trembling.

they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints,

Then after three years I did go up to Jerusalem to get to know Cephas,[fn] and I stayed with him fifteen days.

Then after fourteen years I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titus along also.

For he regularly ate with the Gentiles before certain men came from James. However, when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, because he feared those from the circumcision party.

My point is this: The law, which came 430 years later, does not invalidate a covenant previously established by God[fn] and thus cancel the promise.

Now Hagar represents Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present Jerusalem, for she is in slavery with her children.

But what does the Scripture say? “Drive out the slave and her son, for the son of the slave will never be a coheir with the son of the free woman.”

Brothers and sisters, the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen.

with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,

Therefore, putting away lying, speak the truth, each one to his neighbor, because we are members of one another.

Slaves, obey your human[fn] masters with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as you would Christ.

Peace to the brothers and sisters, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer,

Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.

Therefore, welcome him in the Lord with great joy and hold people like him in honor,

Yes, I also ask you, true partner,[fn] to help these women who have contended for the gospel at my side, along with Clement and the rest of my coworkers whose names are in the book of life.

Don't worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.[fn]

being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully

and you yourselves became imitators of us and of the Lord when, in spite of severe persecution, you welcomed the message with joy from the Holy Spirit.

May he make your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. Amen.[fn]

Now we command and exhort such people by the Lord Jesus Christ to work quietly and provide for themselves.[fn]

May the Lord of peace himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all.

and the grace of our Lord overflowed, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Also, the women are to dress themselves in modest clothing, with decency and good sense, not with elaborate hairstyles, gold, pearls, or expensive apparel,

But she will be saved through childbearing, if they continue in faith, love, and holiness, with good sense.

He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity.

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

Don't neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

Only Luke is with me. Bring Mark with you, for he is useful to me in the ministry.

The Lord be with your spirit. Grace be with you all.

Proclaim these things; encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one disregard[fn] you.

Reject a divisive person after a first and second warning.

All those who are with me send you greetings. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.

The grace of the Lord[fn] Jesus Christ be with your spirit.

he again specifies a certain day ​— ​today. He specified this speaking through David after such a long time:

Today, if you hear his voice,

do not harden your hearts.

Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in time of need.

During his earthly life,[fn] he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence.

but he became a priest with an oath made by the one who said to him:

The Lord has sworn

and will not change his mind,

“You are a priest forever.”

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

For this is the covenant

that I will make with the house of Israel

after those days, says the Lord:

I will put my laws into their minds

and write them on their hearts.

I will be their God,

and they will be my people.

Behind the second curtain was a tent called the most holy place.

For when every command had been proclaimed by Moses to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and goats,[fn] along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll itself and all the people,

And just as it is appointed for people to die once ​— ​and after this, judgment ​— ​

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after he says:

let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

For if we deliberately go on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins,

For you sympathized with the prisoners[fn] and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, because you know that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.[fn]

By faith he stayed as a foreigner in the land of promise, living in tents as did Isaac and Jacob, coheirs of the same promise.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness ​— ​without it no one will see the Lord.

For you know that later, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, even though he sought it with tears, because he didn't find any opportunity for repentance.

Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful. By it, we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and awe,

Obey your leaders[fn] and submit to them, since they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account, so that they can do this with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable for you.

Grace be with you all.

They inquired into what time or what circumstances the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating when he testified in advance to the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow.[fn]

but in your hearts regard[fn] Christ[fn] the Lord as holy, ready at any time to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you.

And I will also make every effort so that you are able to recall these things at any time after my departure.[fn]

what we have seen and heard we also declare to you, so that you may also have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son, Jesus Christ.

Look, he is coming with the clouds,

and every eye will see him,

even those who pierced him.

And all the tribes[fn] of the earth

will mourn over him.[fn]

So it is to be. Amen.

“Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

“To the one who conquers I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I also conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.

After this I looked, and there in heaven was an open door. The first voice that I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”

After this I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth, restraining the four winds of the earth so that no wind could blow on the earth or on the sea or on any tree.

After this I looked, and there was a vast multitude from every nation, tribe, people, and language, which no one could number, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were clothed in white robes with palm branches in their hands.

The first woe has passed. There are still two more woes to come after this.

But after three and a half days, the breath[fn] of life from God entered them, and they stood on their feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them.

Then war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon. The dragon and his angels also fought,

So the dragon was furious with the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring[fn] ​— ​those who keep the commands of God and hold firmly to the testimony about Jesus.

And it was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them. It was also given authority over every tribe, people, language, and nation.

These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, since they remained virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were redeemed[fn] from humanity as the firstfruits for God and the Lamb.

After this I looked, and the heavenly temple ​— ​the tabernacle of testimony ​— ​was opened.

“The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but they will receive authority as kings with the beast for one hour.

“These will make war against the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them because he is Lord of lords and King of kings. Those with him are called, chosen, and faithful.”

After this I saw another angel with great authority coming down from heaven, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor.

After this I heard something like the loud voice of a vast multitude in heaven, saying,

Hallelujah!

Salvation, glory, and power belong to our God,

Then I saw the beast, the kings of the earth, and their armies gathered together to wage war against the rider on the horse and against his army.

He threw him into the abyss, closed it, and put a seal on it so that he would no longer deceive the nations until the thousand years were completed. After that, he must be released for a short time.

Then I heard a loud voice from the throne:[fn] Look, God's dwelling[fn] is with humanity, and he will live with them. They will be his peoples,[fn] and God himself will be with them and will be their God.[fn]

The grace of the Lord Jesus[fn] be with everyone.[fn] Amen.[fn]