Revelation 1:3

Blessed is he that readeth, and they who hear the words of this prophecy, and keep the things that are written in it; for the time is near.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

In Context

2who bore witness to the word of God, and to the testimony of Jesus the Messiah, as to all that he saw.

4John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and quietude, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

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Cross References

Romans 13:11And this also know ye, that it is the time and the hour, that we should henceforth be awake from our sleep. For now our life hath come nearer to us, than when we believed.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things approacheth: therefore be sober, and be wakeful for prayer.

Revelation 22:6And he said to me: These words are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the spirit of the prophets, hath sent me, his angel, to show unto his servants the things that must soon occur.

Revelation 22:12Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to recompense every one according to his work.

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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