Revelation 1:9
I, John, your brother, and a sharer in the tribulation and in the kingdom and in patient endurance for Christ Jesus, was on the island which is called Patmos, because of the Word of God and the testimony to Jesus.
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In Context
10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, like that of a trumpet,
Cross References
Mark 10:39But they said to him, “We can.” Then Jesus said to them: “Indeed, you shall drink from the chalice, from which I drink; and you shall be baptized with the baptism, with which I am to be baptized.
Acts 14:22And when they had established priests for them in each church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, in whom they believed.
Romans 5:3And not only that, but we also find glory in tribulation, knowing that tribulation exercises patience,
Romans 8:25But since we hope for what we do not see, we wait with patience.
Philippians 1:7So then, it is right for me to feel this way about all of you, because I hold you in my heart, and because, in my chains and in the defense and confirmation of the Gospel, you all are partakers of my joy.
2 Thessalonians 1:4so much so that we ourselves even glory in you among the churches of God, because of your patience and faith in all of your persecutions and tribulations that you endure,
Matthew Henry on Revelation 1:4-9
Apostolic Benediction. ( a. d. 95.) 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. 4 John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him… Read the whole commentary →