Revelation 1 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

The Revelation of Jesus Christ

1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which (A)God gave Him to (B)show to His bond-servants, (C)the things which must soon take place; and He sent and [a]communicated it (D)by His angel to His bond-servant (E)John, 2 who testified to (F)the word of God and to (G)the testimony of Jesus Christ, everything that he saw. 3 (H)Blessed is the one who reads, and those who hear the words of the prophecy and [b]keep the things which are written in it; (I)for the time is near.

Message to the Seven Churches

4 (J)John to (K)the seven churches that are in (L)Asia: (M)Grace to you and peace from (N)Him who is, and who was, and who [c]is to come, and from (O)the [d]seven spirits who are before His throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, (P)the faithful witness, the (Q)firstborn of the dead, and the (R)ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who (S)loves us and released us from our sins by His blood— 6 and He made us into a (T)kingdom, (U)priests to [e](V)His God and Father—(W)to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 (X)Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and (Y)every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will (Z)mourn over Him. [f]So it is to be. Amen.

8 “I am (AA)the Alpha and the Omega,” says the (AB)Lord God, “(AC)who is and who was and who [g]is to come, the Almighty.”

The Patmos Vision

9 (AD)I, John, your (AE)brother and (AF)fellow participant in the tribulation and (AG)kingdom and [h](AH)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (AI)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was (AJ)in the [i]Spirit on (AK)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (AL)like the sound of a trumpet, 11 saying, “(AM)Write [j]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the (AN)seven churches: to (AO)Ephesus, (AP)Smyrna, (AQ)Pergamum, (AR)Thyatira, (AS)Sardis, (AT)Philadelphia, and (AU)Laodicea.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw (AV)seven golden lampstands; 13 and (AW)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one (AX)like [k]a son of man, (AY)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and (AZ)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14 His head and His (BA)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and (BB)His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15 His (BC)feet were like [l]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His (BD)voice was like the sound of many waters. 16 In His right hand He held (BE)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a (BF)sharp two-edged sword; and His (BG)face was like (BH)the sun [m]shining in its strength.

17 When I saw Him, I (BI)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He (BJ)placed His right hand on me, saying, “(BK)Do not be afraid; (BL)I am the first and the last, 18 and the (BM)living One; and I [n](BN)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have (BO)the keys of death and of Hades. 19 Therefore (BP)write (BQ)the things which you have seen, [o]and the things which are, and the things which will take place (BR)after these things. 20 As for the (BS)mystery of the (BT)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the (BU)seven golden lampstands: the (BV)seven stars are the angels of (BW)the seven churches, and the seven (BX)lampstands are the seven churches.

Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:1 Or signified
  2. Revelation 1:3 Or follow
  3. Revelation 1:4 Or is coming
  4. Revelation 1:4 Possibly a symbolic reference to the Holy Spirit in His fullness, or to seven key angels
  5. Revelation 1:6 Or God and His Father
  6. Revelation 1:7 Or Yes. Amen.
  7. Revelation 1:8 Or is coming
  8. Revelation 1:9 Or steadfastness
  9. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit
  10. Revelation 1:11 Or in a book
  11. Revelation 1:13 Or the Son of Man
  12. Revelation 1:15 Or fine brass
  13. Revelation 1:16 Lit shines
  14. Revelation 1:18 Lit became
  15. Revelation 1:19 Or both the things

Cross references

  1. Revelation 1:1 : John 17:8; Rev 5:7
  2. Revelation 1:1 : Rev 22:6
  3. Revelation 1:1 : Dan 2:28f; Rev 1:19
  4. Revelation 1:1 : Rev 17:1; 19:9f; 21:9; 22:16
  5. Revelation 1:1 : Rev 1:4, 9; 22:8
  6. Revelation 1:2 : Rev 1:9; 6:9; 12:17; 20:4
  7. Revelation 1:2 : 1 Cor 1:6; Rev 12:17
  8. Revelation 1:3 : Luke 11:28; Rev 22:7
  9. Revelation 1:3 : Rom 13:11; Rev 3:11; 22:7, 10, 12
  10. Revelation 1:4 : Rev 1:1, 9; 22:8
  11. Revelation 1:4 : Rev 1:11, 20
  12. Revelation 1:4 : Acts 2:9
  13. Revelation 1:4 : Rom 1:7
  14. Revelation 1:4 : Rev 1:8, 17; 4:8; 16:5
  15. Revelation 1:4 : Is 11:2; Rev 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 8:2
  16. Revelation 1:5 : Rev 3:14; 19:11
  17. Revelation 1:5 : 1 Cor 15:20; Col 1:18
  18. Revelation 1:5 : Rev 17:14; 19:16
  19. Revelation 1:5 : Rom 8:37
  20. Revelation 1:6 : Rev 5:10; 20:6
  21. Revelation 1:6 : Rev 5:10; 20:6
  22. Revelation 1:6 : Rom 15:6
  23. Revelation 1:6 : Rom 11:36
  24. Revelation 1:7 : Dan 7:13; 1 Thess 4:17
  25. Revelation 1:7 : Zech 12:10-14; John 19:37
  26. Revelation 1:7 : Luke 23:28
  27. Revelation 1:8 : Is 41:4; Rev 21:6; 22:13
  28. Revelation 1:8 : Rev 4:8; 11:17
  29. Revelation 1:8 : Rev 1:4
  30. Revelation 1:9 : Rev 1:1
  31. Revelation 1:9 : Acts 1:15
  32. Revelation 1:9 : Matt 20:23; Acts 14:22; 2 Cor 1:7; Phil 4:14
  33. Revelation 1:9 : 2 Tim 2:12; Rev 1:6
  34. Revelation 1:9 : 2 Thess 3:5; Rev 3:10
  35. Revelation 1:9 : Rev 1:2
  36. Revelation 1:10 : Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10
  37. Revelation 1:10 : Acts 20:7
  38. Revelation 1:10 : Rev 4:1
  39. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 1:2, 19
  40. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 1:4, 20
  41. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 2:1
  42. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 2:8
  43. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 2:12
  44. Revelation 1:11 : Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24
  45. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 3:1, 4
  46. Revelation 1:11 : Rev 3:7
  47. Revelation 1:11 : Col 2:1; Rev 3:14
  48. Revelation 1:12 : Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1
  49. Revelation 1:13 : Rev 2:1
  50. Revelation 1:13 : Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14
  51. Revelation 1:13 : Dan 10:5
  52. Revelation 1:13 : Rev 15:6
  53. Revelation 1:14 : Dan 7:9
  54. Revelation 1:14 : Dan 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12
  55. Revelation 1:15 : Ezek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 2:18
  56. Revelation 1:15 : Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6
  57. Revelation 1:16 : Rev 1:20; 2:1; 3:1
  58. Revelation 1:16 : Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15
  59. Revelation 1:16 : Matt 17:2; Rev 10:1
  60. Revelation 1:16 : Judg 5:31
  61. Revelation 1:17 : Dan 8:17; 10:9, 10, 15
  62. Revelation 1:17 : Dan 8:18; 10:10, 12
  63. Revelation 1:17 : Matt 14:27; 17:7
  64. Revelation 1:17 : Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 2:8; 22:13
  65. Revelation 1:18 : Luke 24:5; Rev 4:9f
  66. Revelation 1:18 : Rom 6:9; Rev 2:8; 10:6; 15:7
  67. Revelation 1:18 : Job 38:17; Matt 11:23; 16:19; Rev 9:1; 20:1
  68. Revelation 1:19 : Rev 1:11
  69. Revelation 1:19 : Rev 1:12-16
  70. Revelation 1:19 : Rev 4:1
  71. Revelation 1:20 : Rom 11:25
  72. Revelation 1:20 : Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1
  73. Revelation 1:20 : Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:12; 2:1
  74. Revelation 1:20 : Rev 1:16; 2:1; 3:1
  75. Revelation 1:20 : Rev 1:4, 11
  76. Revelation 1:20 : Matt 5:14f

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