The Revelation to John
1:1This is the Revelation of Jesus
Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must
happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant,
John, 1:2who testified to God's word, and
of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.
1:3Blessed is he who reads and those
who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written
in it, for the time is at hand.
1:4John, to the seven assemblies that
are in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from God, who is and who was and who
is to come; and from the seven Spirits who are before his throne; 1:5and 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 washed us from our sins by his blood;
1:6and he made us to be a Kingdom,
priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion
forever and ever. Amen.
1:7Behold, he is coming with the
clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All
the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
1:8"I am
the Alpha and the Omega,*"
says the Lord God, "who is
and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."
1:9I John, your brother and partner
with you in oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on
the isle that is called Patmos because of God's Word and the testimony of
Jesus Christ. 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord's
day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet 1:11saying, "*What you see,
write in a book and send to the seven assemblies*: to Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to
Laodicea."
1:12I turned to see the voice that
spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands. 1:13And among the lampstands was one
like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with
a golden sash around his chest. 1:14His head
and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a
flame of fire. 1:15His feet were like burnished
brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the
voice of many waters. 1:16He had seven stars in his right
hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was
like the sun shining at its brightest. 1:17When I saw
him, I fell at his feet like a dead man.
He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't
be afraid. I am the first and the last, 1:18and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive
forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades. 1:19Write
therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and
the things which will happen hereafter; 1:20the 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 assemblies. The seven lampstands are seven assemblies.
2:1To the angel
of the assembly in Ephesus write:
"He who holds the seven stars in his right hand, he who walks
among the seven golden lampstands says these things:
2:2"I know
your works, and your toil and perseverance, and that you can't tolerate
evil men, and have tested those who call themselves apostles, and they are
not, and found them false. 2:3You have perseverance and have endured for my name's sake,
and have* not grown
weary. 2:4But I have
this against you, that you left your first love. 2:5Remember
therefore from where you have fallen, and repent and do the first works;
or else I am coming to you swiftly, and will move your lampstand out of
its place, unless you repent. 2:6But this you have, that you hate the works of the
Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 2:7He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies. To him who overcomes I will give to eat of the tree of
life, which is in the Paradise of my God.
2:8"To the
angel of the assembly in Smyrna write:
"The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says
these things:
2:9"I know
your works, oppression, and your poverty (but you are rich), and the
blasphemy of those who say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a
synagogue of Satan. 2:10Don't be
afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is
about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you
will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give
you the crown of life. 2:11He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He who
overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.
2:12"To
the angel of the assembly in Pergamum write:
"He who has the sharp two-edged sword says these things:
2:13"I
know your works and where you dwell, where Satan's throne is. You hold
firmly to my name, and didn't deny my faith in the days of Antipas my
witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwells.
2:14But I have
a few things against you, because you have there some who hold the
teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to throw a stumbling block before the
children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to idols, and to commit
sexual immorality. 2:15So you also
have some who hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans likewise*. 2:16Repent
therefore, or else I am coming to you quickly, and I will make war against
them with the sword of my mouth. 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies. To him who overcomes, to him I will give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone
a new name written, which no one knows but he who receives it.
2:18"To
the angel of the assembly in Thyatira write:
"The Son of God, who has his eyes like a flame of fire, and his
feet are like burnished brass, says these things:
2:19I know your
works, your love, faith, service, patient endurance, and that your last
works are more than the first. 2:20But I have this against you, that you tolerate your woman, Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. She
teaches and seduces my servants to commit sexual immorality, and to eat
things sacrificed to idols. 2:21I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of
her sexual immorality. 2:22Behold, I
will throw her into a bed, and those who commit adultery with her into
great oppression, unless they repent of her works. 2:23I will kill
her children with Death, and all the assemblies will know that I am he who
searches the minds and hearts. I will give to each one of you according to
your deeds. 2:24But to you
I say, to the rest who are in Thyatira, as many as don't have this
teaching, who don't know what some call 'the deep things of Satan,' to you
I say, I am not putting any other burden on you. 2:25Nevertheless, hold firmly that which you have, until I
come. 2:26He who
overcomes, and he who keeps my works to the end, to him I will give
authority over the nations. 2:27He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like
clay pots; as I also have received of my Father: 2:28and I will
give him the morning star. 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies.
3:1"And to
the angel of the assembly in Sardis write:
He who has the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars says these
things:
"I know your works, that you have a reputation of being alive, but
you are dead.
3:2Wake up, and
keep the things that remain, which you were about to throw away, for I
have found no works of yours perfected before my God. 3:3Remember
therefore how you have received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If
therefore you won't watch, I will come as a thief, and you won't know what
hour I will come upon you. 3:4Nevertheless you have a few names in Sardis that did not
defile their garments. They will walk with me in white, for they are
worthy. 3:5He who
overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his
name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my
Father, and before his angels. 3:6He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to
the assemblies.
3:7"To the
angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write:
"He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he
who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these
things:
3:8"I know
your works (behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one can
shut), that you have a little power, and kept my word, and didn't deny my
name. 3:9Behold, I
give of the synagogue of Satan, of those who say they are Jews, and they
are not, but lie. Behold, I will make them to come and worship before your
feet, and to know that I have loved you. 3:10Because you kept my command to endure, I also will keep
you from the hour of testing, which is to come on the whole world, to test
those who dwell on the earth. 3:11I am coming quickly! Hold firmly that which you have, so
that no one takes your crown. 3:12He who overcomes, I will make him a pillar in the temple
of my God, and he will go out from there no more. I will write on him the
name of my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,
which comes down out of heaven from my God, and my own new name. 3:13He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
3:14"To
the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write:
"The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Head of God's
creation, says these things:
3:15"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor
hot. I wish you were cold or hot. 3:16So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I
will vomit you out of my mouth. 3:17Because you say, 'I am rich, and have gotten riches, and
have need of nothing;' and don't know that you are the wretched one,
miserable, poor, blind, and naked; 3:18I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, that
you may become rich; and white garments, that you may clothe yourself, and
that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and eye salve to
anoint your eyes, that you may see. 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous
therefore, and repent. 3:20Behold, I
stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door,
then I will come in to him, and will dine with him, and he with me.
3:21He who
overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also
overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne. 3:22He who has
an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies."
4:1After these things I looked and
saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a
trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, "Come up here, and I will
show you the things which must happen after this."
4:2Immediately I was in the Spirit.
Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne 4:3that looked like a jasper stone
and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to
look at. 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four
thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white
garments, with crowns of gold on their heads. 4:5Out of the
throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of
fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 4:6Before the throne was something
like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the midst of the throne, and
around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and
behind. 4:7The first creature was like a
lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a
face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle. 4:8The four living creatures, each
one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around about and within.
They have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy,
holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the
Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!"
4:9When the living creatures give
glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives
forever and ever, 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down
before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and
ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying, 4:11"Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor,
and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they
existed, and were created!"
5:1I saw, in the right hand of him
who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with
seven seals. 5:2I saw a mighty angel proclaiming
with a loud voice, "Who is worthy to open the book, and to break its
seals?" 5:3No one in heaven above, or on the
earth, or under the earth, was able to open the book, or to look in it. 5:4And I wept much, because no one
was found worthy to open the book, or to look in it. 5:5One of the
elders said to me, "Don't weep. Behold, the Lion who is of the tribe
of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome; he who opens the book and its
seven seals." 5:6I saw in the midst of the throne
and of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders, a Lamb
standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes,
which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. 5:7Then he came, and he took it out
of the right hand of him who sat on the throne. 5:8Now when he
had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders
fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full
of incense, which are the prayers of the saints. 5:9They sang a
new song, saying,
"You are worthy to take the book,
And to open its seals:
For you were killed,
And bought us for God with your blood,
Out of every tribe, language, people,
and nation,
5:10And made them kings and priests
to our God,
And they reign on earth."
5:11I saw, and I heard something like
a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the
elders; and the number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and
thousands of thousands; 5:12saying with a loud voice,
"Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth,
wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!"
5:13I heard every created thing which
is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in
them, saying, "To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the
blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!"
5:14The four living creatures said,
"Amen!" The *elders fell down and worshiped.*
6:1I saw that the Lamb opened one of
the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as
with a voice of thunder, "Come and see!" 6:2And behold,
a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him,
and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
6:3When he opened the second seal, I
heard the second living creature saying, "Come!" 6:4Another came forth, a red horse.
To him who sat on it was given power to take peace from the earth, and
that they should kill one another. There was given to him a great sword.
6:5When he opened the third seal, I
heard the third living creature saying, "Come and see!" And
behold, a black horse, and he who sat on it had a balance in his hand. 6:6I heard a voice in the midst of
the four living creatures saying, "A choenix of
wheat for a denarius, and three choenix of barley for a denarius! Don't
damage the oil and the wine!"
6:7When he opened the fourth seal, I
heard the fourth living creature saying, "Come and see!" 6:8And behold, a pale horse, and he
who sat on it, his name was Death. Hades followed with him. Authority over
one fourth of the earth, to kill with the sword, with famine, with death,
and by the wild animals of the earth was given to him.
6:9When he opened the fifth seal, I
saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the
Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. 6:10They cried with a loud voice,
saying, "How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and
avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?" 6:11A long white robe was given to
each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until
their fellow servants and their brothers, who would
also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.
6:12I saw when he opened the sixth
seal, and there was a great earthquake. The sun became black as sackcloth
made of hair, and the whole moon became as blood. 6:13The stars
of the sky fell to the earth, like a fig tree dropping its unripe figs
when it is shaken by a great wind. 6:14The sky was
removed like a scroll when it is rolled up. Every mountain and island were
moved out of their places. 6:15The kings of the earth, the
princes, the commanding officers, the rich, the strong, and every slave
and free person, hid themselves in the caves and in the rocks of the
mountains. 6:16They told the mountains and the
rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the
throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, 6:17for the
great day of his wrath has come; and who is able to stand?"
7:1After this, I saw four angels
standing at the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the
earth, so that no wind would blow on the earth, or on the sea, or on any
tree. 7:2I saw another angel ascend from
the sunrise, having the seal of the living God. He cried with a loud voice
to the four angels to whom it was given to harm the earth and the sea, 7:3saying, "Don't harm the
earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the
bondservants of our God on their foreheads!" 7:4I heard the
number of those who were sealed, one hundred forty-four thousand, sealed
out of every tribe of the children of Israel:
7:5Of the tribe of Judah were sealed
twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,
7:6Of the tribe of Asher twelve
thousand,
Of the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,
7:7Of the tribe of Simeon twelve
thousand,
Of the tribe of Levi twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,
7:8Of the tribe of Zebulun twelve
thousand,
Of the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand,
Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
7:9After these things I looked, and
behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of every nation
and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and
before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their
hands. 7:10They cried with a loud voice,
saying, "Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the
Lamb!"
7:11All the angels were standing
around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they
fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, 7:12saying, "Amen! Blessing,
glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God
forever and ever! Amen."
7:13One of the elders answered,
saying to me, "These who are arrayed in white robes, who are they,
and from where did they come?"
7:14I told him, "My lord, you
know."
He said to me, "These are those who came out of the great
tribulation. They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb's
blood. 7:15Therefore they are before the
throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on
the throne will spread his tent over them. 7:16They will
never be hungry, neither thirsty any more; neither will the sun beat on
them, nor any heat; 7:17for the Lamb who is in the midst
of the throne shepherds them, and leads them to springs of waters of life.
And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."
8:1When he opened the seventh seal,
there was silence in heaven for about half an hour. 8:2I saw the
seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
8:3Another angel came and stood over
the altar, having a golden censer. Much incense was given to him, that he
should add it to the prayers of all the saints on the golden altar which
was before the throne. 8:4The smoke of the incense, with the
prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand. 8:5The angel took the censer, and he
filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There
followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.
8:6The seven angels who had the seven
trumpets prepared themselves to sound. 8:7The first
sounded, and there followed hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were
thrown to the earth. One third of the earth was burnt
up, and one third of the trees were burnt up, and all green grass was
burnt up.
8:8The second angel sounded, and
something like a great burning mountain was thrown into the sea. One third
of the sea became blood, 8:9and one third of the living
creatures which were in the sea died. One third of the ships were
destroyed.
8:10The third angel sounded, and a
great star fell from the sky, burning like a torch, and it fell on one
third of the rivers, and on the springs of the waters. 8:11The name of the star is called
"Wormwood." One third of the waters became wormwood. Many people
died from the waters, because they were made bitter.
8:12The fourth angel sounded, and one
third of the sun was struck, and one third of the moon, and one third of
the stars; so that one third of them would be darkened, and the day
wouldn't shine for one third of it, and the night in the same way. 8:13I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with a loud voice,
"Woe! Woe! Woe for those who dwell on the earth, because of the other
voices of the trumpets of the three angels, who are yet to sound!"
9:1The fifth angel sounded, and I saw
a star from the sky which had fallen to the earth. The key to the pit of
the abyss was given to him. 9:2He opened the pit of the abyss,
and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke from a* burning furnace. The sun and the air
were darkened because of the smoke from the pit. 9:3Then out of
the smoke came forth locusts on the earth, and power was given to them, as
the scorpions of the earth have power. 9:4They were
told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green
thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don't have God's seal
on their foreheads. 9:5They were given power not to kill
them, but to torment them for five months. Their torment was like the
torment of a scorpion, when it strikes a person. 9:6In those
days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire
to die, and death will flee from them. 9:7The shapes
of the locusts were like horses prepared for war. On their heads were
something like golden crowns, and their faces were like people's faces. 9:8They had hair like women's hair,
and their teeth were like those of lions. 9:9They had
breastplates, like breastplates of iron. The sound of their wings was like
the sound of chariots, or of many horses rushing to war. 9:10They have tails like those of
scorpions, and stings. In their tails they have power to harm men for five
months. 9:11They have over them as king the
angel of the abyss. His name in Hebrew is "Abaddon," but in Greek, he has the name "Apollyon." 9:12The first
woe is past. Behold, there are still two woes coming after this.
9:13The sixth angel sounded. I heard
a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before God, 9:14saying to the sixth angel who had
one trumpet, "Free the four angels who are bound at the great river
Euphrates!"
9:15The four angels were freed who
had been prepared for that hour and day and month and year, so that they
might kill one third of mankind. 9:16The number
of the armies of the horsemen was two hundred million.
I heard the number of them. 9:17Thus I saw the horses in the
vision, and those who sat on them, having breastplates of fiery red,
hyacinth blue, and sulfur yellow; and the heads of lions. Out of their
mouths proceed fire, smoke, and sulfur. 9:18By these
three plagues were one third of mankind killed: by the fire, the smoke,
and the sulfur, which proceeded out of their mouths. 9:19For the
power of the horses is in their mouths, and in their tails. For their
tails are like serpents, and have heads, and with them they harm. 9:20The rest of mankind, who were not
killed with these plagues, didn't repent of the works of their hands, that
they wouldn't worship demons, and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of
brass, and of stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor
walk. 9:21They didn't repent of their
murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of their sexual
immorality, nor of their thefts.
10:1I saw a mighty angel coming down
out of the sky, clothed with a cloud. A rainbow was on his head. His face
was like the sun, and his feet like pillars of fire. 10:2He had in
his hand a little open book. He set his right foot on the sea, and his
left on the land. 10:3He cried with a loud voice, as a
lion roars. When he cried, the seven thunders uttered their voices. 10:4When the seven thunders sounded,
I was about to write; but I heard a voice from the sky saying, "Seal
up the things which the seven thunders said, and don't write them."
10:5The angel who I saw standing on
the sea and on the land lifted up his right hand to the sky, 10:6and swore by him who lives
forever and ever, who created heaven and the things that are in it, the
earth and the things that are in it, and the sea and the things that are
in it, that there will no longer be delay, 10:7but in the
days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then
the mystery of God is finished, as he declared to his servants, the
prophets. 10:8The voice which I heard from
heaven, again speaking with me, said, "Go, take the book which is
open in the hand of the angel who stands on the sea and on the land."
10:9I went to the angel, telling him
to give me the little book.
He said to me, "Take it, and eat it up. It will make your stomach
bitter, but in your mouth it will be as sweet as honey."
10:10I took the little book out of
the angel's hand, and ate it up. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth.
When I had eaten it, my stomach was made bitter. 10:11They told
me, "You must prophesy again over many peoples, nations, languages,
and kings."
11:1A reed like a rod was given to
me. Someone said, "Rise, and measure God's temple, and the altar, and
those who worship in it. 11:2Leave out the court which is
outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the
gentiles. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
11:3I will give power to my two
witnesses, and they will prophesy one thousand two hundred sixty days,
clothed in sackcloth." 11:4These are the two olive trees and
the two lampstands, standing before the Lord of the earth. 11:5If anyone desires to harm them,
fire proceeds out of their mouth and devours their enemies. If anyone
desires to harm them, he must be killed in this way. 11:6These have
the power to shut up the sky, that it may not rain during the days of
their prophecy. They have power over the waters, to turn them into blood,
and to strike the earth with every plague, as often as they desire. 11:7When they have finished their
testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss will make war with
them, and overcome them, and kill them. 11:8Their dead
bodies will be in the street of the great city, which spiritually is
called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 11:9From among the peoples, tribes,
languages, and nations people will look at their dead bodies for three and
a half days, and will not allow their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb. 11:10Those who dwell on the earth
rejoice over them, and they will be glad. They will give gifts to one
another, because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the
earth. 11:11After the three and a half days,
the breath of life from God entered into them, and they stood on their
feet. Great fear fell on those who saw them. 11:12I heard a
loud voice from heaven saying to them, "Come up here!" They went
up into heaven in the cloud, and their enemies saw them. 11:13In that day there was a great
earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell. Seven thousand people were
killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified, and gave glory to
the God of heaven. 11:14The second woe is past. Behold,
the third woe comes quickly.
11:15The seventh angel sounded, and
great voices in heaven followed, saying, "The kingdom of the world
has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign
forever and ever!"
11:16The twenty-four elders, who sit
on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped
God, 11:17saying: "We give you
thanks, Lord God, the Almighty, the one who is and who was*; because you have taken your great
power, and reigned. 11:18The nations were angry, and your
wrath came, as did the time for the dead to be judged, and to give your
bondservants the prophets, their reward, as well as to the saints, and
those who fear your name, to the small and the great; and to destroy those
who destroy the earth."
11:19God's temple that is in heaven
was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple.
Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.
12:1A great sign was seen in heaven:
a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head
a crown of twelve stars. 12:2She was with child. She cried out
in pain, laboring to give birth. 12:3Another
sign was seen in heaven. Behold, a great red dragon, having seven heads
and ten horns, and on his heads seven crowns. 12:4His tail
drew one third of the stars of the sky, and threw them to the earth. The
dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when
she gave birth he might devour her child. 12:5She gave
birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of
iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne. 12:6The woman fled into the
wilderness, where she has a place prepared by God, that there they may
nourish her one thousand two hundred sixty days.
12:7There was war in the sky. Michael
and his angels made war on the dragon. The dragon and his angels made war.
12:8They didn't prevail, neither was
a place found for him any more in heaven. 12:9The great
dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and
Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth,
and his angels were thrown down with him. 12:10I heard a
loud voice in heaven, saying, "Now is come the salvation, the power,
and the Kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Christ; for the
accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them before our
God day and night. 12:11They overcame him because of the
Lamb's blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn't love
their life, even to death. 12:12Therefore rejoice, heavens, and
you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil
has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing that he has but a short
time."
12:13When the dragon saw that he was
thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the
male child. 12:14Two wings of the great eagle
were given to the woman, that she might fly into the wilderness to her
place, so that she might be nourished for a time, and times, and half a
time, from the face of the serpent. 12:15The
serpent spewed water out of his mouth after the woman like a river, that
he might cause her to be carried away by the stream. 12:16The earth helped the woman, and
the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the river which the dragon
spewed out of his mouth. 12:17The dragon grew angry with the
woman, and went away to make war with the rest of her seed, who keep God's
commandments and hold Jesus' testimony.
13:1Then I stood on the sand of the
sea. I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns and seven
heads. On his horns were ten crowns, and on his heads, blasphemous names.
13:2The beast which I saw was like a
leopard, and his feet were like those of a bear, and his mouth like the
mouth of a lion. The dragon gave him his power, his throne, and great
authority. 13:3One of his heads looked like it
had been wounded fatally. His fatal wound was healed, and the whole earth
marveled at the beast. 13:4They worshiped the dragon,
because he gave his authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast,
saying, "Who is like the beast? Who is able to make war with
him?" 13:5A mouth speaking great things and
blasphemy was given to him. Authority to make war for forty-two months was
given to him. 13:6He opened his mouth for blasphemy
against God, to blaspheme his name, and his dwelling, those who dwell in
heaven. 13:7It was given to him to make war
with the saints, and to overcome them. Authority over every tribe, people,
language, and nation was given to him. 13:8All who
dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been
written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb
who has been killed. 13:9If anyone has an ear, let him
hear. 13:10If anyone has
captivity, he will go. If anyone is with the sword, he must be killed.
Here is the endurance and the faith of the saints.
13:11I saw another beast coming up
out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a
dragon. 13:12He exercises all the authority
of the first beast in his presence. He makes the earth and those who dwell
in it to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound was healed. 13:13He performs great signs, even
making fire come down out of the sky to the earth in the sight of people.
13:14He deceives my own people who
dwell on the earth because of the signs he was granted to do in front of
the beast; saying to those who dwell on the earth, that they should make
an image to the beast who had the sword wound and lived. 13:15It was given to him to give
breath to it, to the image of the beast, that the image of the beast
should both speak, and cause as many as wouldn't worship the image of the
beast to be killed. 13:16He causes all, the small and the
great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slave, to be given
marks on their right hands, or on their foreheads; 13:17and that
no one would be able to buy or to sell, unless he has that mark, the name
of the beast or the number of his name. 13:18Here is
wisdom. He who has understanding, let him calculate the number of the
beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is six hundred sixty-six.
14:1I saw, and behold, the Lamb
standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four
thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their
foreheads. 14:2I heard a sound from heaven, like
the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound
which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps. 14:3They sing a new song before the
throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could
learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had
been redeemed out of the earth. 14:4These are
those who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are
those who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed by Jesus
from among men, the first fruits to God and to the Lamb. 14:5In their mouth was found no lie,
for they are blameless.*
14:6I saw an angel flying in mid
heaven, having an eternal Gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the
earth, and to every nation, tribe, language, and people. 14:7He said with a loud voice,
"Fear the Lord, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment has
come. Worship him who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and the springs
of waters!"
14:8Another, a second angel,
followed, saying, "Babylon the great has fallen, which has made all
the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her sexual
immorality."
14:9Another angel, a third, followed
them, saying with a great voice, "If anyone worships the beast and
his image, and receives a mark on his forehead, or on his hand, 14:10he also will drink of the wine
of the wrath of God, which is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger. He
will be tormented with fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels,
and in the presence of the Lamb. 14:11The smoke
of their torment goes up forever and ever. They have no rest day and
night, those who worship the beast and his image, and whoever receives the
mark of his name. 14:12Here is the patience of the
saints, those who keep the commandments of God, and the faith of
Jesus."
14:13I heard the voice from heaven
saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now
on.'"
"Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their
labors; for their works follow with them."
14:14I looked, and behold, a white
cloud; and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head
a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle. 14:15Another
angel came out from the temple, crying with a loud voice to him who sat on
the cloud, "Send forth your sickle, and reap; for the hour to reap
has come; for the harvest of the earth is ripe!" 14:16He who sat on the cloud thrust
his sickle on the earth, and the earth was reaped.
14:17Another angel came out from the
temple which is in heaven. He also had a sharp sickle. 14:18Another angel came out from the
altar, he who has power over fire, and he called with a great voice to him
who had the sharp sickle, saying, "Send forth your sharp sickle, and
gather the clusters of the vine of the earth, for the earth's grapes are
fully ripe!" 14:19The angel thrust his sickle into
the earth, and gathered the vintage of the earth, and threw it into the
great winepress of the wrath of God. 14:20The
winepress was trodden outside of the city, and blood came out from the
winepress, even to the bridles of the horses, as far as one
thousand six hundred stadia.
15:1I saw another great and marvelous
sign in the sky: seven angels having the seven last plagues, for in them
God's wrath is finished. 15:2I saw something like a sea of
glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image,* and the number of his name, standing
on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 15:3They sang
the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
"Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty;
Righteous and true are your ways, you
King of the nations.
15:4Who wouldn't fear you, Lord,
And glorify your name?
For you only are holy.
For all the nations will come and
worship before you.
For your righteous acts have been
revealed."
15:5After these things I looked, and
the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony in heaven was opened. 15:6The seven angels who had the
seven plagues came out, clothed with pure, bright linen, and wearing
golden sashes around their breasts.
15:7One of the four living creatures
gave to the seven angels seven golden bowls full of the wrath of God, who
lives forever and ever. 15:8The temple was filled with smoke
from the glory of God, and from his power. No one was able to enter into
the temple, until the seven plagues of the seven angels would be finished.
16:1I heard a loud voice out of the
temple, saying to the seven angels, "Go and pour out the seven bowls
of the wrath of God on the earth!"
16:2The first went, and poured out
his bowl into the earth, and it became a harmful and evil sore on the
people who had the mark of the beast, and who worshiped his image.
16:3The second angel poured out his
bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living
thing in the sea died.
16:4The third poured out his bowl
into the rivers and springs of water, and they became blood. 16:5I heard the angel of the waters
saying, "You are righteous, who are and who were, you Holy One,
because you have judged these things. 16:6For they
poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and you have given
them blood to drink. They deserve this." 16:7I heard the
altar saying, "Yes, Lord God, the Almighty, true and righteous are
your judgments."
16:8The fourth poured out his bowl on
the sun, and it was given to him to scorch men with fire. 16:9People were scorched with great
heat, and people blasphemed the name of God who has the power over these
plagues. They didn't repent and give him glory.
16:10The fifth poured out his bowl on
the throne of the beast, and his kingdom was darkened. They gnawed their
tongues because of the pain, 16:11and they blasphemed the God of
heaven because of their pains and their sores. They didn't repent of their
works.
16:12The sixth poured out his bowl on
the great river, the Euphrates. Its water was dried up, that the way might
be made ready for the kings that come from the sunrise. 16:13I saw coming out of the mouth of
the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the
false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs; 16:14for they are spirits of demons,
performing signs; which go forth to the kings of the whole inhabited
earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the
Almighty.
16:15"Behold, I come like a thief. Blessed is he who
watches, and keeps his clothes, so that he doesn't walk naked, and they
see his shame." 16:16He gathered them together into
the place which is called in Hebrew, Megiddo.
16:17The seventh poured out his bowl
into the air. A loud voice came forth out of the temple of heaven, from
the throne, saying, "It is done!" 16:18There were
lightnings, sounds, and thunders; and there was a great earthquake, such
as was not since there were men on the earth, so great an earthquake, so
mighty. 16:19The great city was divided into
three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was
remembered in the sight of God, to give to her the cup of the wine of the
fierceness of his wrath. 16:20Every island fled away, and the
mountains were not found. 16:21Great hailstones, about the
weight of a talent, came down out of the sky on people.
People blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, for this plague
is exceedingly severe.
17:1One of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will
show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters, 17:2with whom the kings of the earth
committed sexual immorality, and those who dwell in the earth were made
drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality." 17:3He carried me away in the Spirit
into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored animal, full
of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns. 17:4The woman was dressed in purple
and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having
in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of the
sexual immorality of the earth. 17:5And on her
forehead a name was written, "MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER
OF THE PROSTITUTES AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH." 17:6I saw the woman drunken with the
blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. When I
saw her, I wondered with great amazement. 17:7The angel
said to me, "Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the
woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and
the ten horns. 17:8The beast that you saw was, and
is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss and to go into
destruction. Those who dwell on the earth and whose names have not been
written in the book of life from the foundation of the world will marvel
when they see that the beast was, and is not, and shall be
present. 17:9Here is the mind that has wisdom.
The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sits. 17:10They are seven kings. Five have
fallen, the one is, the other has not yet come. When he comes, he must
continue a little while. 17:11The beast that was, and is not,
is himself also an eighth, and is of the seven; and he goes to
destruction. 17:12The ten horns that you saw are
ten kings who have received no kingdom as yet, but they receive authority
as kings, with the beast, for one hour. 17:13These have
one mind, and they give their power and authority to the beast. 17:14These will war against the Lamb,
and the Lamb will overcome them, for he is Lord of lords, and King of
kings. They also will overcome who are with him, called and chosen and
faithful." 17:15He said to me, "The waters
which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes,
nations, and languages. 17:16The ten horns which you saw, and
the beast, these will hate the prostitute, and will make her desolate, and
will make her naked, and will eat her flesh, and will burn her utterly
with fire. 17:17For God has put in their hearts
to do what he has in mind, and to be of one mind, and to give their
kingdom to the beast, until the words of God should be accomplished. 17:18The woman whom you saw is the
great city, which reigns over the kings of the earth."
18:1After these things, I saw another
angel coming down out of the sky, having great authority. The earth was
illuminated with his glory. 18:2He cried with a mighty voice,
saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, and she has become a
habitation of demons, a prison of every unclean spirit, and a prison of
every unclean and hateful bird! 18:3For all the
nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her sexual immorality, the
kings of the earth committed sexual immorality with her, and the merchants
of the earth grew rich from the abundance of her luxury."
18:4I heard another voice from
heaven, saying, "Come out of her, my people, that you have no
participation in her sins, and that you don't receive of her plagues, 18:5for her sins have reached to the
sky, and God has remembered her iniquities. 18:6Return to
her just as she returned, and repay her double as she did, and according
to her works. In the cup which she mixed, mix to her double. 18:7However much she glorified
herself, and grew wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning. For
she says in her heart, 'I sit a queen, and am no widow, and will in no way
see mourning.' 18:8Therefore in one day her plagues
will come: death, mourning, and famine; and she will be utterly burned
with fire; for the Lord God who has judged her is strong. 18:9The kings of the earth, who
committed sexual immorality and lived wantonly with her, will weep and
wail over her, when they look at the smoke of her burning, 18:10standing far away for the fear
of her torment, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, Babylon, the strong
city! For your judgment has come in one hour.' 18:11The
merchants of the earth weep and mourn over her, for no one buys their
merchandise any more; 18:12merchandise of gold, silver,
precious stones, pearls, fine linen, purple, silk, scarlet, all expensive
wood, every vessel of ivory, every vessel made of most precious wood, and
of brass, and iron, and marble; 18:13and
cinnamon, incense, perfume, frankincense, wine, olive oil, fine flour,
wheat, sheep, horses, chariots, and people's bodies and souls. 18:14The fruits which your soul
lusted after have been lost to you, and all things that were dainty and
sumptuous have perished from you, and you will find them no more at all.
18:15The merchants of these things,
who were made rich by her, will stand far away for the fear of her
torment, weeping and mourning; 18:16saying,
'Woe, woe, the great city, she who was dressed in fine linen, purple, and
scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls! 18:17For in an hour such great riches
are made desolate.' Every shipmaster, and everyone who sails anywhere, and
mariners, and as many as gain their living by sea, stood far away, 18:18and cried out as they looked at
the smoke of her burning, saying, 'What is like the great city?' 18:19They cast dust on their heads,
and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, 'Woe, woe, the great city, in
which all who had their ships in the sea were made rich by reason of her
great wealth!' For in one hour is she made desolate.
18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, you
saints, apostles, and prophets; for God has judged your judgment on
her." 18:21A mighty angel took up a stone
like a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying, "Thus with
violence will Babylon, the great city, be thrown down, and will be found
no more at all. 18:22The voice of harpists,
minstrels, flute players, and trumpeters will be heard no more at all in
you. No craftsman, of whatever craft, will be found any more at all in
you. The sound of a mill will be heard no more at all in you. 18:23The light of a lamp will shine
no more at all in you. The voice of the bridegroom and of the bride will
be heard no more at all in you; for your merchants were the princes of the
earth; for with your sorcery all the nations were deceived. 18:24In her was found the blood of
prophets and of saints, and of all who have been slain on the earth."
19:1After these things I heard
something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying,
"Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God: 19:2for true and righteous are his
judgments. For he has judged the great prostitute, who corrupted the earth
with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants
at her hand."
19:3A second said, "Hallelujah!
Her smoke goes up forever and ever." 19:4The
twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped
God who sits on the throne, saying, "Amen! Hallelujah!"
19:5A voice came forth from the
throne, saying, "Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you
who fear him, the small and the great!"
19:6I heard something like the voice
of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the
voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God,
the Almighty, reigns! 19:7Let us rejoice and be exceedingly
glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has
come, and his wife has made herself ready." 19:8It was
given to her that she would array herself in bright, pure, fine linen: for
the fine linen is the righteous acts of the saints.
19:9He said to me, "Write,
'Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the
Lamb.'" He said to me, "These are true words of God."
19:10I fell down before his feet to
worship him. He said to me, "Look! Don't do it! I am a fellow
bondservant with you and with your brothers who hold the testimony of
Jesus. Worship God, for the testimony of Jesus is the Spirit of
Prophecy."
19:11I saw the heaven opened, and
behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True.
In righteousness he judges and makes war. 19:12His eyes
are a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has names written
and a name written which no one knows but he himself. 19:13He is clothed in a garment
sprinkled with blood. His name is called "The Word of God." 19:14The armies which are in heaven
followed him on white horses, clothed in white, pure, fine linen. 19:15Out of his mouth proceeds a
sharp, double-edged sword, that with it he should strike the nations. He
will rule them with a rod of iron. He treads the winepress of the
fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty. 19:16He has on
his garment and on his thigh a name written, "KING OF KINGS, AND LORD
OF LORDS."
19:17I saw an angel standing in the
sun. He cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in the
sky, "Come! Be gathered together to the great supper
of God, 19:18that you may eat the flesh of
kings, the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of
horses and of those who sit on them, and the flesh of all men, both free
and slave, and small and great." 19:19I saw the
beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to
make war against him who sat on the horse, and against his army. 19:20The beast was taken, and with
him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he
deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who
worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire
that burns with sulfur. 19:21The rest were killed with the
sword of him who sat on the horse, the sword which came forth out of his
mouth. All the birds were filled with their flesh.
20:1I saw an angel coming down out of
heaven, having the key of the abyss and a great chain in his hand. 20:2He seized the dragon, the old
serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited
earth, and bound him for a thousand years, 20:3and cast
him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should
deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After
this, he must be freed for a short time. 20:4I saw
thrones, and they sat on them, and judgment was given to them. I saw the
souls of those who had been beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for
the word of God, and such as didn't worship the beast nor his image, and
didn't receive the mark on their forehead and on their hand. They lived,
and reigned with Christ for the thousand years. 20:5The rest of
the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the
first resurrection. 20:6Blessed and holy is he who has
part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power,
but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one
thousand years.
20:7And after the thousand years,
Satan will be released from his prison, 20:8and he will
come out to deceive the nations which are in the four corners of the
earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to the war; the number of
whom is as the sand of the sea. 20:9They went
up over the breadth of the earth, and surrounded the camp of the saints,
and the beloved city. Fire came down out of heaven from God, and devoured
them. 20:10The devil who deceived them was
thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false
prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
20:11I saw a great white throne, and
him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away.
There was found no place for them. 20:12I saw the
dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened
books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were
judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to
their works. 20:13The sea gave up the dead who
were in it. Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them. They were
judged, each one according to his works. 20:14Death and
Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the
lake of fire. 20:15If anyone was not found written
in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
21:1I saw a new heaven and a new
earth: for the first heaven and the first earth have passed away, and the
sea is no more. 21:2I saw the holy city, New
Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready like a bride
adorned for her husband. 21:3I heard a loud voice out of
heaven saying, "Behold, God's dwelling is with people, and he will
dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with
them as their God. 21:4He will wipe away from them every
tear from their eyes. Death will be no more; neither will there be
mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more. The first things have passed
away."
21:5He who sits on the throne said,
"Behold, I am making all things
new." He said, "Write, for these
words of God are faithful and true." 21:6He said to
me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from
the spring of the water of life. 21:7He who overcomes, I will give him these things. I will be
his God, and he will be my son. 21:8But for the cowardly, unbelieving, sinners, abominable,
murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and
all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur,
which is the second death."
21:9One of the seven angels who had
the seven bowls, who were loaded with the seven last plagues came, and he
spoke with me, saying, "Come here. I will show you the wife, the
Lamb's bride." 21:10He carried me away in the Spirit
to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God, 21:11having the
glory of God. Her light was like a most precious stone, as if it was a
jasper stone, clear as crystal; 21:12having a
great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels;
and names written on them, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the
children of Israel. 21:13On the east were three gates;
and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the
west three gates. 21:14The wall of the city had twelve
foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve Apostles of the Lamb.
21:15He who spoke with me had for a
measure, a golden reed, to measure the city, its gates, and its walls. 21:16The city lies foursquare, and
its length is as great as its breadth. He measured the city with the reed,
Twelve thousand twelve stadia. Its length, breadth, and
height are equal. 21:17Its wall is one
hundred forty-four cubits, by the measure of a man, that is, of an
angel. 21:18The construction of its wall was
jasper. The city was pure gold, like pure glass. 21:19The
foundations of the city's wall were adorned with all kinds of precious
stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald; 21:20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth,
sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the
tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; and the twelfth, amethyst. 21:21The twelve gates were twelve
pearls. Each one of the gates was made of one pearl. The street of the
city was pure gold, like transparent glass. 21:22I saw no
temple in it, for the Lord God, the Almighty, and the Lamb, are its
temple. 21:23The city has no need for the
sun, neither of the moon, to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated
it, and its lamp is the Lamb. 21:24The nations will walk in its
light. The kings of the earth bring the glory and honor of the nations
into it. 21:25Its gates will in no way be shut
by day (for there will be no night there), 21:26and they
shall bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it so that they
may enter. 21:27There will in no way enter into
it anything profane, or one who causes an abomination or a lie, but only
those who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
22:1He showed me a* river of water of life, clear as
crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, 22:2in the middle of its street. On
this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve
kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations. 22:3There will
be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and
his servants serve him. 22:4They will see his face, and his
name will be on their foreheads. 22:5There will
be no night, and they need no lamp light; for the Lord God will illuminate
them. They will reign forever and ever.
22:6He said to me, "These words
are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent
his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen
soon."
22:7"Behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he who keeps the
words of the prophecy of this book."
22:8Now I, John, am the one who heard
and saw these things. When I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before
the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. 22:9He said to
me, "See you don't do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with
your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this
book. Worship God." 22:10He said to me, "Don't seal
up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand. 22:11He who acts unjustly, let him
act unjustly still. He who is filthy, let him be filthy still. He who is
righteous, let him do righteousness still. He who is holy, let him be holy
still."
22:12"Behold, I come quickly. My reward is with me, to
repay to each man according to his work. 22:13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the
Beginning and the End. 22:14Blessed
are those who do his commandments, that they may have the right to the
tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. 22:15Outside
are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the
idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood. 22:16I, Jesus,
have sent my angel to testify these things to you for the assemblies. I am
the root and the offspring of David; the Bright and Morning
Star."
22:17The Spirit and the bride say,
"Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is
thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life
freely. 22:18I testify to everyone who hears
the words of the prophecy of this book, if anyone adds to them, may God
add to him the plagues which are written in this book. 22:19If anyone takes away from the
words of the book of this prophecy, may God take away his part from the
tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book. 22:20He who testifies these things
says, "Yes, I come quickly."
Amen! Yes, come, Lord Jesus.
22:21The grace of the Lord Jesus
Christ be with all the saints. Amen.
Notes:
[1] back to 1:8
TR adds "the Beginning and the End"
[2] back to 1:8 TR omits "God"
[3] back to 1:11 TR adds "I am the
Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last."
[4] back to 1:11 TR adds "which are in
Asia"
[5] back to 2:3 TR
adds "have labored and"
[6] back to 2:15 TR reads "which I hate" instead
of "likewise"
[7] back to
2:17 Manna is supernatural food, named after the Hebrew for "What
is it?". See Exodus 11:7-9.
[8] back to 2:20 TR, NU read "that" instead of
"your"
[9] back to 4:8
TR and NU read "holy" 3 times instead of 9.
[10] back to 4:11 TR omits "and God,
the Holy One,"
[11] back to
5:13 TR omits "Amen!"
[12] back to 5:14 TR adds "twenty-four"
[13] back to 5:14 TR adds "the one
living forever and ever"
[14] back to 6:6 A choenix is a dry volume measure that is a
little more than a litre (a little more than a quart).
[15] back to 6:11 The word for
"brothers" here and where context allows may also be correctly
translated "brothers and sisters" or "siblings."
[16] back to 8:7 TR omits "One
third of the earth was burnt up"
[17] back to 8:13 TR reads "angel" instead of
"eagle"
[18] back to
9:2 TR adds "great"
[19] back to 9:11 "Abaddon" is a Hebrew word that
means ruin, destruction, or the place of destruction
[20] back to 9:11 "Apollyon"
means "Destroyer."
[21] back to 9:16 literally, "ten thousands of ten
thousands"
[22] back to
9:21 The word for "sorceries" (pharmakeia) also implies the
use of potions, poisons, and drugs
[23] back to 11:17 TR adds "and who is
coming"
[24] back to
13:10 TR reads "If anyone leads into captivity, into captivity he
goes. If anyone will kill with the sword, he must be killed with a
sword." instead of "If anyone has captivity, he goes away. If
anyone is with the sword, he must be killed."
[25] back to 14:5 TR adds "before the
throne of God"
[26] back to
14:20 1600 stadia = 296 kilometers or 184 miles
[27] back to 15:2 TR adds "his
mark,"
[28] back to 16:21
1 talent is about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds
[29] back to 17:8 TR reads "yet is" instead of
"shall be present"
[30] back to 19:17 TR reads "supper of the great
God" instead of "great supper of God"
[31] back to 21:8 The word for
"sorcerers" here also includes users of potions and drugs.
[32] back to 21:16 12,012 stadia =
or 2,221 kilometers or 1,380 miles. TR reads 12,000 stadia instead of
12,012 stadia.
[33] back to
21:17 144 cubits is about 65.8 meters or 216 feet
[34] back to 21:19 or, lapis lazuli
[35] back to 22:1 TR adds
"pure"
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