DB1 | Introduction and Salutation Re.1.1-8 | NEB Contents | notes| 1 | New English Bible (New Testament) | Passage | New Testament in Greek (UBS.Ed.26) |
| 1 1 | THIS IS THE REVELATION given by God to Jesus Christ. It was given to him so that he might show his servants what must shortly happen. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, | Introduction and Salutation Re.1.1-8 | Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἣν ἐδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεός, δεῖξαι τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ ἂ δεῖ γενέσθαι ἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννῃ, |
| 2 | who, in telling all that he saw, has borne witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ. Or: has borne his testimony to the word of God and to Jesus Christ. | ὃς ἐμαρΤύρησεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁσα εἶδεν. | |
| 3 | Happy is the man who reads, and happy those who listen to the words of this prophecy and heed what is written in it. For the hour of fulfilment is near. | μακάριος ὁ ἀναγινώσκων καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας καὶ τηροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα, ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς ἐγγύς. | |
| 4 | JOHN TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES in the province of Asia. Grace be to you and peace, from him who is and who was and who is to come, from the seven spirits before his throne, | Ἰωάννης ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ πνευμάτων ἂ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ, | |
| 5 | and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first-born from the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and freed us from our sins with his life's blood, | καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς ὁ πιστός, ὁ πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ὁ ἀρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς. Τῷ ἀγαπῶντι ἡμᾶς καὶ λύσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἀμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ α ἱματι αὐτοῦ - | |
| 6 | who made of us a royal house, to serve as the priests of his God and Father—to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever! Amen. | καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς βασιλείαν, ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ - αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων· ἀμήν. | |
| 7 | Behold, he is coming with the clouds! Every eye shall see him, and among them those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the world shall lament in remorse. So it shall be. Amen. | - Behold, he is coming with the clouds Re.1.7 | Dn.7.13 | Zch.12.10 | ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν, καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν πᾶς ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ οἱτινες αὐτὸν ἐξεκέντησαν, καὶ κόψονται ἐπ' αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς. ναί, ἀμήν. ναί, ἀμήν. |
| 8 | 'I am the Alpha and the Omega', says the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the sovereign Lord of all. | Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ Ἀλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ. | |