Revelation 1:3

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.

Webster Bible

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 testimony of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.

Daniel 12:12Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days.

Romans 13:11And this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

1 Peter 4:7But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch to prayer.

Revelation 22:6And he said to me, These sayings are faithful and true. And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to show to his servants the things which must shortly be done.

Revelation 22:12And behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.

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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