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Revelation 1:1–2

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Prologue

1The revelation of aJesus Christ that God gave Him to show His slaves bwhat must quickly ctake place. dHe sent it and signified it ethrough His angel fto His slave John, g2who testified to God’s word and to the testimony habout Jesus Christ, iin all he saw. j

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Footnotes

  1. a1:1 Or Revelation of, or A revelation of
  2. c1:1 Or soon
  3. e1:1 Made it known through symbols
  4. h1:2 Or witness
  5. j1:2 as many as he saw

Cross references

  1. b1:1 Ac 2:18; Rm 6:19; 1Pt 2:16; Rv 22:6
  2. d1:1 Dn 2:28–29, 45; Rv 22:6
  3. f1:1 Gn 24:7; Mt 1:24; Ac 12:11
  4. g1:1 Jn 21:7; Rv 22:8
  5. i1:2 1Co 1:6; Rv 12:17; 19:10; 20:4

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The revelation of Jesus Christ that God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who testified to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, whatever he saw.

NLTNew Living Translation

This is a revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants the events that must soon take place. He sent an angel to present this revelation to his servant John, who faithfully reported everything he saw. This is his report of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his slaves the things which must take place in a short time, and communicated it by sending it through his angel to his slave John, who testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw.

KJV 1900King James Version

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John: Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.