Revelation 1:2

who testified of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ, of whatever things he saw.

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

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 to him, to show to his servants what things must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John;

3Happy he that reads, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things written therein; for the time is at hand.

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Cross References

John 3:11Verily, verily, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.

John 19:35And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also might believe.

Acts 4:20For we can not but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Acts 26:16But arise, and stand upon thy feet; for I appeared to thee for this purpose, to appoint thee a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of the things in which I will appear to thee;

1 Corinthians 2:1I ALSO, when I came to you, brethren, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring to you the testimony of God.

1 John 4:14And we have seen, and bear witness, that the Father has sent forth the Son, a Savior 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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