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God's Total Sovereignty
Commentators explain that "Alpha and Omega," the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, signify God's absolute sovereignty over all creation and history. Similar to a Jewish expression for completeness, it declares that God is the beginning, the end, and everything in between, assuring believers that nothing lies outside His control.
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Albert Barnes
On Revelation 1:8
18th Century
Theologian
I am Alpha and Omega. These are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet and properly denote the first and the last. So in Rev…
AT Robertson
On Revelation 1:8
The Alpha and the Omega (το Αλφα κα το Ο). The first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, each with its own neuter (grammat…
Charles Ellicott
On Revelation 1:8
19th Century
Bishop
The beginning and the ending.—These words are of doubtful authority; they are in all probability taken from Revelation 22:13, and …
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Charles Spurgeon
On Revelation 1:8–12
19th Century
Preacher
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty. I John, who al…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On Revelation 1:8
Such a stupendous promise requires more than the prophet’s own signature or even Christ’s “Amen.” God himself speaks and, with his own signature, v…
John Gill
On Revelation 1:8
17th Century
Pastor
I am Alpha and Omega
These are the words of Christ himself, appearing at once, and confirming what John had said of …
Matthew Henry
On Revelation 1:4–8
17th Century
Minister
There can be no true peace where there is not true grace; and where grace goes before, peace will follow. This blessing is in the name of God, of t…