Revelation 1:3
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
2who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man who listens to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at the posts of my doorway.
Daniel 12:12Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
Romans 13:11And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for us to wake up from our slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
1 Peter 4:7The end of all things is near. Therefore be clear-minded and sober, so that you can pray.
Revelation 22:6Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”
Revelation 22:12“Behold, I am coming soon, and My reward is with Me, to give to each one according to what he has done.
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 →