Revelation 1:3

Blessed [is] he that reads, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things written in it; for the time [is] near.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2who testified the word of God, and the testimony of Jesus Christ, all things that he saw.

4John to the seven assemblies which [are] in Asia: Grace to you and peace from [him] who is, and who was, and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits which [are] before his throne;

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Daniel 12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and thirty-five days!

Romans 13:11This also, knowing the time, that it is already time that *we* should be aroused out of sleep; for now [is] our salvation nearer than when we believed.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is drawn nigh: be sober therefore, and be watchful unto prayers;

Revelation 22:6And he said to me, These words [are] faithful and true; and [the] Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to shew to his bondmen the things which must soon come to pass.

Revelation 22:12Behold, I come quickly, and my reward with me, to render to every one as his work shall be.

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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