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Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 1:8-20

Christ Among the Churches Revelation 1:8-20 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We enter in this marvelously descriptive chapter, centering our thoughts upon the appearance of Christ as He walks among His Churches. 1. The general description of Christ. The Lord Jesus in Revelation 1:8 is heard saying, "I am Alpha and Omega." This expression is indeed descriptive of the eternity of our Lord. Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet, and Omega is the last. It would he as though Christ had said, "I am... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 1:11-12

THE FIRST AND THE LAST‘I am Alpha and Omega … What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia.… And I turned to see the Voice that spake with me.’ Revelation 1:11-2 Kings : Christ is here brought before us as the first and last letter of the Greek alphabet. Is it not to teach us that He is the beginning and end of all things? I. All things should be full of Him, and there should be nothing in which He is not. It is written ( Ephesians 4:10), ‘He that... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:10-11

‘And I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet, saying “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamum, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.’ Having been thus carried forward to ‘the Lord’s day’ he is initially commanded, by ‘a great voice, as of a trumpet’, to write down what he sees in a ‘book’ and send it to seven churches. The picture is vivid. John has arrived in the Lord’s day but at first he... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:9-20

Revelation 1:9-Proverbs : . The Prologue gives an account of the vision of the Son of Man, and the manner in which the messages to the seven churches came to the seer. Revelation 1:9 . John your brother: the term “ brother” in the NT is used to signify “ fellow-Christian,” the members of the same Christian community ( cf. the phrase “ our brother Paul,” 2 Peter 3:15; see Harnack, Mission and Expansion of Christianity 2 , i. 405 f.).— tribulation refers to the persecutions. The order of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:11

I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last; I, who speak unto thee, am the eternal, immutable God. What thou seest, write in a book; what thou shalt presently see, write in a book, not in loose papers. Whence we may observe, that this book is not only the revelation of the will of Christ, but written by his direction. And send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; not to all that lived within the jurisdiction or compass of these cities, but only to those Christians who lived in or... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:9-11

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTESRevelation 1:9. Companion.—As having a full share in the experience of those who confess and serve Christ. Tribulation.—The work of the threshing roller (tribulum). The troubles and persecutions of Christ’s Church were, in the control of Christ, separating the chaff from the wheat. Kingdom.—Or recognised present rule of the Living Christ. Patience.—Or effort to bear, endure, and wait, which is becoming to those who know that Jesus lives. Patmos.—A barren island, now... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:1-20

Shall we turn in our Bibles now to the book of Revelation, chapter one?The Revelation of Jesus Christ ( Revelation 1:1 ),The Greek word "apokalupsis" is literally the unveiling. So in the very first phrase you have what the book is all about. It is the unveiling of Jesus Christ, the lifting of the wraps.When I was a child, I lived in Ventura and went to Elementary School in Ventura. I played in the school orchestra. And in front of the city hall they had a sculptor make a sculpture of Father... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 1:1-20

Revelation 1:1 . The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which reaches to the end of time, and is a continuation of the Hebrew, and the christian prophets of the new testament. This revelation properly begins where Daniel ends; and both received their knowledge of the hidden things from Christ, and his angel. The design was to show things which were shortly to come to pass on the Romans, and on the church. Revelation 1:3 . Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear, as in the Greek. By... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 1:9-11

Revelation 1:9-11I John, who also am your brother.St. John--a sublime characterI. A character of distinguished excellence described.1. As a “brother”; his heart glows with a Christly fraternity for the good of all the Churches throughout all the world.2. As a sufferer; he is in “tribulation.” The best men on earth are subject to suffering.II. A character of distinguished excellence banished by bloody persecutors. “In the isle called Patmos.” On this desolate island, amidst the greatest villains... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:11

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 Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. Ver. 11. Send it to the seven ] As all Holy Scripture, so this piece especially, may well be called, The Epistle of Almighty God to his creature. (Greg. Mag.) It is directed to these seven Churches, because then the... read more

Wells of Living Water Commentary - Revelation 1:8-20

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 1:11-12

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:10-11

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 1:9-20

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Revelation 1:11

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Revelation 1:9-11

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Revelation 1:1-20

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 1:1-20

The Biblical Illustrator - Revelation 1:9-11

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Revelation 1:11

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