Revelation 1:2

Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

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In The King James Version

Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

In Context

1The Revelation of Jesus Christ which God gave him so that his servants might have knowledge of the things which will quickly take place: and he sent and made it clear by his angel to his servant John;

3A blessing be on the reader, and on those who give ear to the prophet's words, and keep the things which he has put in the book: for the time is near.

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Cross References

John 3:11Truly, I say to you, We say that of which we have knowledge; we give witness of what we have seen; and you do not take our witness to be true.

John 19:35And he who saw it has given witness (and his witness is true; he is certain that what he says is true) so that you may have belief.

Acts 4:20For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.

Acts 26:16But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;

1 Corinthians 2:1And when I came to you, my brothers, I did not come with wise words of knowledge, putting before you the secret of God.

1 John 4:14And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 1:2-3

Revelation AN EXPOSITION, WITH PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, OF THE REVELATION OF ST. JOHN THE DIVINE It ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this book that it has been rejected by men of corrupt minds, such as Cerdon and Marcion, and doubted of by men of a better character; for this has been the lot of other parts of holy writ, and of the divine Author of the scripture himself. The image and superscription of this book are truly sacred and divine, and the matter of it agreeable with other prophetical… Read the whole commentary →

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