Revelation 1:18

and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

In The King James Version

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

In Context

17When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

19Write therefore the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will happen hereafter.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:46The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock. Exalted be the God of my salvation,

Isaiah 22:22I will lay the key of David’s house on his shoulder. He will open, and no one will shut. He will shut, and no one will open.

John 14:19Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.

Romans 14:8For if we live, we live to the Lord. Or if we die, we die to the Lord. If therefore we live or die, we are the Lord’s.

2 Corinthians 13:4For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God towards you.

Colossians 3:3For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 1:10-20

John's Vision of Christ. ( a. d. 95.) 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto… Read the whole commentary →

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