Offenbarung 1:2

2 der bezeugt hat das Wort Gottes und das Zeugnis von Jesu Christo, was er gesehen hat.

Offenbarung 1:2 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 1:2

Who bore record of the word of God
Of the essential and eternal Word of God, his only begotten Son; as John the apostle did in his Gospel, and in his epistles, and also in this book; and which is a clear evidence of his being the writer of it.

And of the testimony of Jesus Christ;
that is, the Gospel, which testifies of the person of Christ, of the truth of his divinity, and reality of his human nature; of the union of the two natures, divine and human, his person: of his several offices, of prophet, priest and King; of what he did and suffered for his people; and of the blessings of grace which they receive by him:

and of all things that he saw;
with his bodily eyes, as the human body of Christ, the miracles he wrought in it, the transfiguration of it on the mount, the crucifixion of it, and the piercing of it with a spear, and the resurrection of it from the dead; and also the visions recorded in this book; and such a faithful witness serves greatly to confirm the authority of this book, and to recommend the perusal of it. The Complutensian edition and the Arabic version read, "which are, and which shall", or "must be hereafter", as in ( Revelation 1:19 ) .

Offenbarung 1:2 In-Context

1 Dies ist die Offenbarung Jesu Christi, die ihm Gott gegeben hat, seinen Knechten zu zeigen, was in der Kürze geschehen soll; und er hat sie gedeutet und gesandt durch seinen Engel zu seinem Knecht Johannes,

2 der bezeugt hat das Wort Gottes und das Zeugnis von Jesu Christo, was er gesehen hat.

3 Selig ist, der da liest und die da hören die Worte der Weissagung und behalten, was darin geschrieben ist; denn die Zeit ist nahe.

4 Johannes den sieben Gemeinden in Asien: Gnade sei mit euch und Friede von dem, der da ist und der da war und der da kommt, und von den sieben Geistern, die da sind vor seinem Stuhl,

5 und von Jesu Christo, welcher ist der treue Zeuge und Erstgeborene von den Toten und der Fürst der Könige auf Erden! Der uns geliebt hat und gewaschen von den Sünden mit seinem Blut