Revelation 1:6-8
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6 He made us his kingdom and priests who serve God his Father. To Jesus be glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
7 Look, Jesus is coming with the clouds! Everyone will see him, even those who pierced[a] him. All peoples of the earth will cry loudly because of him. Yes, this will happen! Amen.
8 The Lord God says, “I am the Alpha and the Omega.[b] I am the one who is, who always was, and who is coming. I am the All-Powerful.”
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- Revelation 1:7 pierced When Jesus was killed, he was stabbed with a spear in the side. See Jn. 19:34.
- Revelation 1:8 Alpha … Omega The first and last letters in the Greek alphabet, meaning the beginning and the end.
Revelation 1:6-8
New International Version
6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests(A) to serve his God and Father(B)—to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.(C)
7 “Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[a](D)
and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(E)
and all peoples on earth “will mourn(F) because of him.”[b]
So shall it be! Amen.
8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(G) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(H) the Almighty.”(I)
Footnotes
- Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
- Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10
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