Revelation 1:18

and who liveth and was dead; and behold, I am alive for ever and ever. Amen. And I have the keys of death and of the unseen world.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet like one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, and said, Fear not: I am the First and the Last;

19Therefore, write what thou hast seen, and the things that are; and the things that are to be hereafter:

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Cross References

John 14:19And the world will not see me; but ye will see me. Because I live, ye will live also.

Romans 14:8Because, if we live, to our Lord it is we live; or if we die, to our Lord it is we die. Whether we live, therefore, or whether we die, we are our Lord's.

2 Corinthians 13:4For, though he was crucified in weakness, yet he liveth with the power of God. We also are weak with him; yet we are alive with him, by that power of God which is among you.

Colossians 3:3for ye are dead; and your life is hidden with the Messiah, 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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