Revelation 22:10
And he said to me, Let not the words of this prophet's book be kept secret, because the time is near.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
In Context
Cross References
Isaiah 8:16Let my teaching be kept secret: and my words be given to my disciples only.
Ezekiel 12:23For this cause say to them, This is what the Lord has said: I have made this saying come to an end, and it will no longer be used as a common saying in Israel; but say to them, The days are near, and the effect of every vision.
Daniel 12:4But as for you, O Daniel, let the words be kept secret and the book rolled up and kept shut till the time of the end: numbers will be going out of the way and troubles will be increased.
Matthew 10:27What I say to you in the dark, say in the light: and what comes to your ear secretly, say publicly from the house-tops.
2 Thessalonians 2:3Give no belief to false words: because there will first be a falling away from the faith, and the revelation of the man of sin, the son of destruction,
Revelation 1:3A 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.
Matthew Henry on Revelation 22:7-20
The New Jerusalem. ( a. d. 95.) 6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly be done. 7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. 8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these things. 9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am… Read the whole commentary →