εἰς Πέργαμον. Probably a neuter. The seven cities are enumerated in the order in which a traveller on circuit might visit them, going north from Ephesus to Smyrna and Pergamos, then inland to Thyatira, and southwards to Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.
Verse Revelation 1:11. _I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST: AND_] This whole clause is wanting in ABC, thirty-one others; some editions; the _Syriac, Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian, Slavonic,_...
SAYING - That is, literally, “the trumpet saying.” It was, however, manifestly the voice that addressed these words to John, though they seemed to come through a trumpet, and hence the trumpet is repr...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS I. THE PATMOS VISION OF THE GLORIFIED SON OF MAN CHAPTER 1 _ 1. The introduction (Revelation 1:1)_ 2. Greeting and benediction (Revelation 1:4) 3. The praise (Revel
THE PROLOGUE gives an account of the vision of the Son of Man, and the manner in which the messages to the seven churches came to the seer. Revelation 1:9. John your brother: the term brother in the N...
John turned to see the speaker whose voice had startled him, and his eyes rested upon. vision of surpassing glory. He beheld seven golden lamps, and among them walked one "like unto the Son of Man." H...
The opening scenes of Revelation are of the most striking character. Though the apostle is confined upon. lonely rock of the sea and is far away from the saints assembled in the name of Christ, yet be...
WRITE IN. BOOK. A loud voice, like. trumpet, was heard, before John saw the speaker. It bade him write in. book,. manuscript roll, to the seven churches in ASIA, the province of Asia, what he should...
GOD'S REVELATION TO MEN (Revelation 1:1-3)...
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a great voice, like the sound of a trumpet, saying: "Write what you see in a book, and send it to the seven Churches, to Ephesus and to Smy...
I AM... LAST: AND. The texts omit. SEEST. App-133. IN. Greek. _eis._ BOOK. roll, or scroll, as Revelation 6:14. SEND. App-174. WHICH... ASIA. The texts omit. UNTO. Greek. eis, as above....
_I am … the last: and_ Not genuine in this place: we therefore cannot say positively that the voice is His Who says in Revelation 1:17 "I am the first and the last:" but the context makes it probable....
_A REVELATION TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES REVELATION 1:9-11:_ On a certain Lord's day, from the Isle of Patmos, John was commanded to write this to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrn...
ΛΕΓΟΎΣΗΣ _praes. act. part. (adj.) gen. fem. sing. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. Part, согласовано с зависящим от него _gen._ ΣΆΛΠΙΓΓΟΣ, а не с именем ΦΩΝΉΝ (Mounce). ΒΛΈΠΕΙΣ _praes. ind. act. от_ ΒΛΈΠΩ...
SAYING, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA,— Dr. Doddridge's note here deserves to be particularly remarked: "That these titles (says he) should be repeated so soon, in a connection which demonstrates that they are...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 3 Text Revelation 1:9-20 9 I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos,...
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, a...
1 This is the unveiling of a Person Jesus Christ-not merely a prediction revealed through Him. God gives it to Him as a reward for His sufferings. 1 Swiftly-not _ soon_, but with speed. On the morning...
1:11 write (b-5) send (b-10) Aorist, 'have it written and sent.' it is to be a complete thing done....
I.. LAST: AND] RV omits....
THE VISION OF THE SON OF MAN St. John addresses 'the seven churches which are in Asia,' telling them of a vision of Christ, who bade him, write in a book what he saw and send it to them. 1-3. Introdu...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ ABOUT THE BOOK OF REVELATION 1 THE WRITER The writer of this book simply calls himself John. He wrote to the *churches in Asia. He describe...
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA. — In this verse we pass from St. John to Him who was the Word, of whom St. John gave testimony. He who is the faithful witness now speaks. “What thou seest, write,” &c. The previ...
CHAPTER I. THE PROLOGUE. Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show unto His servants, even the things which must shortly come to pass: and He sent and signified it th...
Revelation 1:11, γράψον (_cf._ Herm. _Vis._ II. iv. 3); this emphasis put upon the commission to compose and circulate what he sees in the vision, is due to the author's claim of canonical authority a...
FROM THE LIVING LORD TO THE CHURCHES Revelation 1:9 The tribulation and patience of Jesus are essential conditions of His Kingdom. We cannot exert the divine energies of the latter, unless we are wil...
The theme of this Book is found in its opening sentence, "The Revelation of Jesus Christ." This should be borne in mind from first to last, and our object should be to see Him as He is here revealed....
THE ONE WHO TOLD JOHN TO WRITE The one who is the beginning and end of all things, our Lord, told John to write what he saw in a book and send it to the seven churches. We will say more about each of...
(9) I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony o...
That God should have chosen John to be the instrument of communicating the closing volume of the New Testament is worthy of our consideration. It is not a new thing for God thus to set out the stronge...
_THE FIRST AND THE LAST_ ‘I am Alpha and Omega … What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia.… And I turned to see the Voice that spake with me.’ Revelati...
I Am I. INTRODUCTION A. Isaiah 11:1-2 There shall come forth a Rod from the stem of Jesse, And a Branch shall grow out of his roots. 2 The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisd...
The revelation is one belonging to Jesus Christ, which God gave Him, and He signifies it to John. Though God over all blessed for ever, He is here seen as Son of man, the rejected Messiah or Lamb, and...
SAYING, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST,.... These characters, which are repeated here, Revelation 1:8; are left out in the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin,...
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send _it_ unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos,...
_I was in the Spirit_ That is, in a trance, a prophetic vision; so overwhelmed with the power, and filled with the light of the Holy Spirit, as to be insensible of outward things, and wholly taken up...
EPHESUS; the capital city of Proconsular Asia, lying near the Mediterranean sea. SMYRNA; a seaport of the Mediterranean about forty miles north of Ephesus. PERGAMOS; on the river Caicus, about twent...
SAYING, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST; AND, WHAT THOU SEEST, WRITE A BOOK, AND SEND IT UNTO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA; UNTO EPHESUS, AND UNTO SMYRNA, AND UNTO PERGAMOS, AND U...
John's commission to write:...
God gave this Revelation to Jesus Christ so that He might, as the Son of Man, communicate this to His servants. It is He who has been entrusted with the restitution of all things, and is therefore giv...
_ 11 saying, “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 churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thy...
9-11 It was the apostle's comfort that he did not suffer as an evil-doer, but for the testimony of Jesus, for bearing witness to Christ as the Immanuel, the Saviour; and the Spirit of glory and of Go...
I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST; I, who speak unto thee, am the eternal, immutable God. WHAT THOU SEEST, WRITE IN A BOOK; what thou shalt presently see, write in a book, not in loose pape...
Revelation 1:11 saying G3004 (G5723) I G1473 am G1510 (G5748) Alpha G1 and G2532 Omega G5598 First...
‘And I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet, saying “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis...
Revelation 1:11. The first clauses of the verse in the Authorised Version must be removed, and the words of the voice begin with what thou SEEST WRITE IN A ROLL. Under the ‘seeing' is included all tha...
We are introduced to a vision of the Saviour, in that light in which He is peculiarly presented to us in the Apocalypse the Head of His Church, the great High Priest and King of His people. From Him t...
WRITE IN A BOOK (γραψον εις βιβλιον). First aorist active imperative of γραφω for instantaneous action. The commission covers the whole series of visions which all grow out of this first vision of...
Revelation 1:1. _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 J...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant J...
CONTENTS: The Patmos vision of John and the command to write. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Holy Spirit, John. CONCLUSION: Jesus Christ, the Alpha and the Omega, speaks to believers through the Apostle J...
Revelation 1:1. _The Revelation of Jesus Christ,_ which reaches to the end of time, and is a continuation of the Hebrew, and the christian prophets of the new testament. This revelation properly begin...
I AM JOHN. He mentions himself for the third time. [The fourth and fifth times are in Revelation 21:2; Revelation 22:8.] I SHARE WITH YOU IN SUFFERING. All the church was being persecuted. KINGDOM. EN...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 1:11 The order in which the churches are listed follows the route a courier would have taken from Patmos. ⇐...
"What thou seest," evidently the visions which were about to be disclosed, "write in a book", this book we are now considering. "And send unto the seven churches," and here the specific seven churches...
_CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 1:9. COMPANION.—As having a full share in the experience of those who confess and serve Christ. TRIBULATION.—The work of the threshing roller (_tribulum_). T...
EXPOSITION THE TITLE. The simplest form of this, as of other books of the New Testament, is the oldest: 'The Revelation of John' (Αποκάλυψις Ιωάννου). Other forms worth noting are: 'The Revelation o...
_11 SAYING, I AM ALPHA AND OMEGA, THE FIRST AND THE LAST: AND, WHAT THOU SEEST, WRITE IN A BOOK, AND SEND IT UNTO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHICH ARE IN ASIA; UNTO EPHESUS, AND UNTO SMYRNA, AND UNTO PERGAMOS...
Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the book of Revelation, chapter one? The Revelation of Jesus Christ (Revelation 1:1), The Greek word "apokalupsis" is literally the unveiling. So in the very first...
1 Corinthians 15:32; 1 Corinthians 16:8; 1 Timothy 1:3; Acts 18:19;...
CHRIST AMONG THE CHURCHES Revelation 1:8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We enter in this marvelously descriptive chapter, centering our thoughts upon the appearance of Christ as He walks among His Churches. 1....
Saying, What thou seest — And hearest. He both saw and heard. This command extends to the whole book. All the books of the New Testament were written by the will of God; but none were so expressly com...