For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsfor they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
because blood of saints and prophets they did pour out, and blood to them Thou didst give to drink, for they are worthy;'
for they have poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; they are worthy.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both