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Revelation 1 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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The Revelation of Jesus Christ

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The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His bond-servants, the things which must soon take place; and He sent and [fn]communicated it by His angel to His bond-servant John,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:2 - who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:3 - Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and [fn]keep the things which are written in it; for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

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John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is, and who was, and who [fn]is to come, and from the [fn]seven spirits who are before His throne,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:5 - and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and released us from our sins by His blood
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:6 - and He made us into a kingdom, priests to [fn]His God and Father—to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:7 - BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over Him. [fn]So it is to be. Amen.
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“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who [fn]is to come, the Almighty.”

The Patmos Vision

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I, John, your brother and fellow participant in the tribulation and kingdom and [fn]perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:10 - I was in the [fn]Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:11 - saying, “Write [fn]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
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Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw seven golden lampstands;

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:13 - and in the middle of the lampstands I saw one like [fn]a son of man, clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and wrapped around the chest with a golden sash.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:14 - His head and His hair were white like white wool, like snow; and His eyes were like a flame of fire.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:15 - His feet were like [fn]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His voice was like the sound of many waters.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:16 - In His right hand He held seven stars, and out of His mouth came a sharp two-edged sword; and His face was like the sun [fn]shining in its strength.
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When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. And He placed His right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:18 - and the living One; and I [fn]was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:19 - “Therefore write the things which you have seen, [fn]and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:20 - As for the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
NASB20 Footnotes
Or signified
Or follow
Or is coming
Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
Or God and His Father
Or Yes. Amen.
Or is coming
Or steadfastness
Or spirit
Or in a book
Or the Son of Man
Or fine brass
Lit shines
Lit became
Or both the things
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