Revelation 1:5 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 1:5

and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

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ASV

and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by his blood;

KJV

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

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Commentary

4 voices

Athanasius of Alexandria

296–373

Discourses Against the Arians 2.61 (373)

Although it was after us that he was made man for us and became our brother by likeness of body, still he is called and is the firstborn of us. Since all people were lost through the transgression of Adam, Christ's flesh was saved first of all and was liberated, because it was the Word's body. Henceforth also we, having become joined together with his body, are saved through it.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the first begotten from the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth - Three glorious appellations are here given him, and in their proper order. He was the faithful witness of the whole will of God before his death, and in death, and remains such in glory.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He has loved them, and, in pursuance of that everlasting love, he has, First, Washed them from their sins in his own blood. Sins leave a stain upon the soul, a stain of guilt and of pollution. Nothing can fetch out this stain but the blood of Christ; and, rather than it should not be washed out, Christ was willing to shed his own blood, to purchase pardon and purity for them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

The image is not as if the grave was the womb of His resurrection-birth [ALFORD]; but as Ac 13:33; Ro 1:4, treat Christ's resurrection as the epoch and event which fulfilled the Scripture, Ps 2:7, "This day (at the resurrection) have I begotten Thee." It was then that His divine Sonship as the God-man was manifested and openly attested by the Father.

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Original language & word study

33 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἀπὸ	apo	from	G575 →
Ἰησοῦ	Iēsou	Jesus	G2424 →
Χριστοῦ,	Christou	Christ,	G5547 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
μάρτυς	martus	witness	G3144 →
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
πιστός,	pistos	faithful,	G4103 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
πρωτότοκος	prōtotokos	firstborn	G4416 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
νεκρῶν	nekrōn	dead	G3498 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὁ	ho	the	G3588 →
ἄρχων	archōn	ruler	G758 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
βασιλέων	basileōn	kings	G935 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
γῆς.	gēs	earth.	G1093 →
τῷ	tō	To the [One]	G3588 →
ἀγαπῶντι	agapōnti	loving	G25 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
λύσαντι	lusanti	having released	G3089 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
ἐκ	ek	from	G1537 →
τῶν	tōn	the	G3588 →
ἁμαρτιῶν	hamartiōn	sins	G266 →
ἡμῶν	hēmōn	of us	G3165 →
ἐν	en	through	G1722 →
τῷ	tō	the	G3588 →
αἵματι	aimati	blood	G129 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of Him —	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 John 1:7
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:8
  For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light,
- Romans 13:12
  The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
- Ephesians 1:7
  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
- Revelation 7:14
  “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the…
Through
Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
leads to
- Hebrews 10:22
  let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
- 1 Peter 1:19
  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- 1 John 1:7
  But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
Through
Colossians 1:18
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
leads to
- Ephesians 1:22–23
  And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Revelation

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Revelation