Revelation 1:19

19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

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Revelation 1:19 in Other Translations

KJV

19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

ESV

19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

NLT

19 “Write down what you have seen—both the things that are now happening and the things that will happen.

MSG

19 Now write down everything you see: things that are, things about to be.

CSB

19 Therefore write what you have seen, what is, and what will take place after this.

Revelation 1:19 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 1:19

Write the things which thou hast seen
The Alexandrian copy and some others, and the Complutensian edition, read, "write therefore the things" meaning what he had now seen, the vision of one like to the son of man, amidst the golden candlesticks, with seven stars in his right hand, and as above described; this was what he had seen ( Revelation 1:12 Revelation 1:13 Revelation 1:16 ) ; for it does not refer to what he had seen of Christ in the days of his flesh, but to what he had now seen in this representation of him:

and the things which are;
the state of the churches of Christ in the apostolic age, and at that time signified by the Ephesian church, and that part of the Smyrnean which John lived to see:

and the things which shall be hereafter;
from hence unto the end of the world, in successive generations, signified by the rest of the churches, and in the visions of the seals, trumpets, and vials.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Revelation 1:19 In-Context

17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.

18 I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.

19 “Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.

20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angelsof the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.