Revelation 1:2

He bore witness of the Word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all the things that he saw.

Montgomery New Testament

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 UNVEILING APOCALYPSE OF JESUS CHRIST which God gave him to show to his slaves the things which must soon come to pass; and he sent and made it known by his angel to his slave John.

3Blessed is he who reads, and they who hear the words of the prophecy, and keep what is written in it. FOR THE CRISIS IS AT HAND.

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Cross References

John 3:11"Most solemnly I tell you we are speaking of what we know, and it is about that of which we were eyewitnesses that we give testimony. Yet all of you reject our testimony.

John 19:35And he who saw it has borne testimony, and his testimony is trustworthy, and he knows that he is telling the truth in order that you may believe.

Acts 4:20but for our part, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard."

Acts 26:16"‘But rise and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you in order to appoint you my minister and my witness both of what you have already seen and of those things in which I will appear to you.

1 Corinthians 2:1And when I came to you, brothers, I came not to proclaim God’s great secret purpose in fine language of philosophy;

1 John 4:14and we have beheld and do testify that the Father has sent the Son to be the Saviour 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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