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Book of Revelation, Chapter 1

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Chapter 1 of Revelation—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which 1God gave Him to 2show to His bond-servants, 3the things which must soon take place; and He sent and [a]communicated it 4by His angel to His bond-servant 5John,
  2. who testified to 6the word of God and to 7the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
  3. 8Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and [b]heed the things which are written in it; 9for the time is near.
  4. 10John to 11the seven churches that are in 12Asia: 13Grace to you and peace, from 14Him who is and who was and who [c]is to come, and from 15the seven Spirits who are before His throne,
  5. and from Jesus Christ, 16the faithful witness, the 17firstborn of the dead, and the 18ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who 19loves us and released us from our sins [d]by His blood—
  6. and He has made us to be a 20kingdom, 21priests to [e]22His God and Father—23to Him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
  7. 24BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and 25every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the tribes of the earth will 26mourn over Him. So it is to be. Amen.
  8. ¶ “I am 27the Alpha and the Omega,” says the 28Lord God, “29who is and who was and who [f]is to come, the Almighty.”
  9. 30I, John, your 31brother and 32fellow partaker in the tribulation and 33kingdom and [g]34perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 35because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
  10. I was [h]36in the Spirit on 37the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 38like the sound of a trumpet,
  11. saying, “39Write in a [i]book what you see, and send it to the 40seven churches: to 41Ephesus and to 42Smyrna and to 43Pergamum and to 44Thyatira and to 45Sardis and to 46Philadelphia and to 47Laodicea.”
  12. ¶ Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 48seven golden lampstands;
  13. and 49in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 50like [j]a son of man, 51clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 52girded across His chest with a golden sash.
  14. His head and His 53hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 54His eyes were like a flame of fire.
  15. His 55feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 56voice was like the sound of many waters.
  16. In His right hand He held 57seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 58sharp two-edged sword; and His 59face was like 60the sun [k]shining in its strength.
  17. ¶ When I saw Him, I 61fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 62placed His right hand on me, saying, “63Do not be afraid; 64I am the first and the last,
  18. and the 65living One; and I [l]66was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 67the keys of death and of Hades.
  19. Therefore 68write 69the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place 70after these things.
  20. As for the 71mystery of the 72seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 73seven golden lampstands: the 74seven stars are the angels of 75the seven churches, and the seven 76lampstands are the seven churches.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or signified
  2. ^ Or keep
  3. ^ Or is coming
  4. ^ Or in
  5. ^ Or God and His Father
  6. ^ Or is coming
  7. ^ Or steadfastness
  8. ^ Or in spirit
  9. ^ Or scroll
  10. ^ Or the Son of Man
  11. ^ Lit shines
  12. ^ Lit became

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Jn 17:8; Re 5:7
  2. ^ Re 22:6
  3. ^ Da 2:28f; Re 1:19
  4. ^ Re 17:1; 19:9f; 21:9; 22:16
  5. ^ Re 1:4, 9; 22:8
  6. ^ Re 1:9; 6:9; 12:17; 20:4
  7. ^ 1Co 1:6; Re 12:17
  8. ^ Lu 11:28; Re 22:7
  9. ^ Ro 13:11; Re 3:11; 22:7, 10, 12
  10. ^ Re 1:1, 9; 22:8
  11. ^ Re 1:11, 20
  12. ^ Ac 2:9
  13. ^ Ro 1:7
  14. ^ Re 1:8, 17; 4:8; 16:5
  15. ^ Is 11:2; Re 3:1; 4:5; 5:6; 8:2
  16. ^ Re 3:14; 19:11
  17. ^ 1Co 15:20; Col 1:18
  18. ^ Re 17:14; 19:16
  19. ^ Ro 8:37
  20. ^ Re 5:10; 20:6
  21. ^ Re 5:10; 20:6
  22. ^ Ro 15:6
  23. ^ Ro 11:36
  24. ^ Da 7:13; 1Th 4:17
  25. ^ Zc 12:10-14; Jn 19:37
  26. ^ Lu 23:28
  27. ^ Is 41:4; Re 21:6; 22:13
  28. ^ Re 4:8; 11:17
  29. ^ Re 1:4
  30. ^ Re 1:1
  31. ^ Ac 1:15
  32. ^ Mt 20:23; Ac 14:22; 2Co 1:7; Pp 4:14
  33. ^ 2Ti 2:12; Re 1:6
  34. ^ 2Th 3:5; Re 3:10
  35. ^ Re 1:2
  36. ^ Mt 22:43; Re 4:2; 17:3; 21:10
  37. ^ Ac 20:7
  38. ^ Re 4:1
  39. ^ Re 1:2, 19
  40. ^ Re 1:4, 20
  41. ^ Re 2:1
  42. ^ Re 2:8
  43. ^ Re 2:12
  44. ^ Ac 16:14; Re 2:18, 24
  45. ^ Re 3:1, 4
  46. ^ Re 3:7
  47. ^ Col 2:1; Re 3:14
  48. ^ Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zc 4:2; Re 1:20; 2:1
  49. ^ Re 2:1
  50. ^ Eze 1:26; Da 7:13; 10:16; Re 14:14
  51. ^ Da 10:5
  52. ^ Re 15:6
  53. ^ Da 7:9
  54. ^ Da 7:9; 10:6; Re 2:18; 19:12
  55. ^ Eze 1:7; Da 10:6; Re 2:18
  56. ^ Eze 1:24; 43:2; Re 14:2; 19:6
  57. ^ Re 1:20; 2:1; 3:1
  58. ^ Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Re 2:12, 16; 19:15
  59. ^ Mt 17:2; Re 10:1
  60. ^ Jg 5:31
  61. ^ Da 8:17; 10:9, 10, 15
  62. ^ Da 8:18; 10:10, 12
  63. ^ Mt 14:27; 17:7
  64. ^ Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Re 2:8; 22:13
  65. ^ Lu 24:5; Re 4:9f
  66. ^ Ro 6:9; Re 2:8; 10:6; 15:7
  67. ^ Jb 38:17; Mt 11:23; 16:19; Re 9:1; 20:1
  68. ^ Re 1:11
  69. ^ Re 1:12-16
  70. ^ Re 4:1
  71. ^ Ro 11:25
  72. ^ Re 1:16; 2:1; 3:1
  73. ^ Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zc 4:2; Re 1:12; 2:1
  74. ^ Re 1:16; 2:1; 3:1
  75. ^ Re 1:4, 11
  76. ^ Mt 5:14f

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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