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saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
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The book of Revelation wasn't John's own initiative. Commentators stress that he received a direct, authoritative command from a heavenly voice: "What you see, write in a book and send it." This establishes that the entire book, from the letters to the final visions, originates from divine authority, not human imagination.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Saying. That is, literally, "the trumpet saying." It was, however, manifestly the voice that addressed these words to John, though they
Write in a book (γραψον εις βιβλιον). First aorist active imperative of γραφω for instantaneous action. The commission covers the …
19th Century
Anglican
I am Alpha and Omega.—In this verse we pass from Saint John to Him who was the Word, of whom Saint John testified. He who…
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Baptist
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,…
The “voice” (GK 5889) John heard could be Christ’s or, more likely, that of the angel who appears frequently to John (4:1; 5:2). What John sees (bo…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last These characters, which are repeated here, (See Gill on Rev…
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It was the apostle's comfort that he did not suffer as an evil-doer, but for the testimony of Jesus, for bearing witness to Christ as the Immanuel,…
