Revelation 2:8

and to{the messenger} of{the out-calling} in to{Smyrna}, write, 'The first and the last, who becomes dead and is-alive, is-saying these[neuter]-here,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

In Context

7The having ear: hear what the Spirit is-saying to{the out-callings}. To{the conquering} I-will-give to{same} to-eat out of{the wood} of{the being-alive[noun]}, which is-being in to{the garden} of{the God} of{me},"'

9"I-have-beheld the works of{you} and the pressure/constriction/oppression and the destitute-ia. Contrariwise, you-are-being rich, and the evil-assertion-ia out of{the[plural] saying} sameselves to-be-being 'Judeans,' also they-are_not_being; contrariwise, [a] gathering[translit. 'synagogue'] of{the Satan/adversary}.

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Cross References

Revelation 1:8"I am-being the alpha[character name, translit.] and the omega[single character]," [the] Lord, the God, is-saying, "the being and the has-been-being and the being-come, the all-mighty."

Revelation 1:17and when I-behold same I-fall toward the feet of{same} as dead, and he-places the right[hand] of{same} upon emphatically-me, saying, "Do_not_be-fearing. I am-being the first and the last

Matthew Henry on Revelation 2:2-8

The Church in Ephesus. ( a. d. 95.) 1 Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks; 2 I know thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not, and hast found them liars: 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name's sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted. 4… Read the whole commentary →

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