Revelation 1:1-3

Prologue

1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his slaves [the things] which must take place in a short time, and communicated [it] [by][a] sending [it] through his angel to his slave John,
2 who testified about the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all that he saw.
3 Blessed [is] the one who reads aloud and [blessed are][b] those who hear the words of the prophecy and observe the things written in it, because the time [is] near!

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. *Here "[by]" is supplied as a component of the participle ("sending") which is understood as means
  • [b]. *The phrase "[blessed are]" is an understood repetition from the beginning of the verse
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