Revelation 1:6 BSB — MannaFest

Revelation 1:6

who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

BSB

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ASV

and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

KJV

And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.

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Commentary

4 voices

Tertullian

On Exhortation to Chastity (220)

Are not even we laics priests? It is written: "A kingdom also, and priests to His God and Father, hath He made us." It is the authority of the Church, and the honour which has acquired sanctity through the joint session of the Order, which has established the difference between the Order and the laity.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And hath made us kings and priests,.... The Alexandrian copy, and Complutensian edition, read, "a kingdom, priests"; and the Vulgate Latin version, "a kingdom and priests"; and the Arabic version, "a kingdom of priesthood"; reference seems to be had to Exo 19:6, "and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests"; which the Jerusalem Targum renders, "ye shall be unto me", מלכין וכהנין, "kings and priests"; and so the Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel paraphrases it thus, "and ye shall be before me", מלכין, "kings" crowned with a crown, וכהנין, "and priests" ministering.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Kings and priests - See on 1Pe 2:5 (note), 1Pe 2:9 (note). But instead of βασιλεις και ἱερεις, kings and priests the most reputable MSS., versions, and fathers have βασιλειαν ἱερεις, a kingdom and priests; i.e. a kingdom of priests, or a royal priesthood. The regal and sacerdotal dignities are the two highest that can possibly exist among men; and these two are here mentioned to show the glorious prerogatives and state of the children of God. To him be glory - That is, to Christ; for it is of him that the prophet speaks, and of none other.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἐποίησεν	epoiēsen	He has made	G4160 →
ἡμᾶς	hēmas	us	G3165 →
βασιλείαν,	basileian	a kingdom,	G932 →
ἱερεῖς	hi'ereis	priests	G2409 →
τῷ	tō	to the	G3588 →
θεῷ	theō	God	G2316 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
πατρὶ	patri	Father	G3962 →
αὐτοῦ,	autou	of Him —	G846 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him [be]	G846 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
δόξα	doxa	glory	G1391 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
κράτος	kratos	dominion	G2904 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνας	aiōnas	ages	G165 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
αἰώνων,	aiōnōn	ages,	G165 →
ἀμήν.¶	amēn	Amen.	G281 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Exodus 19:6
And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 2:9
  But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 5:10
  You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 Peter 2:5
  you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
  For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
Through
Revelation 20:6
Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him…
leads to
- Revelation 2:11
  He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.
- 2 Timothy 2:12
  if we endure, we will also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He will also deny us;
Through
Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
leads to
- Daniel 7:27
  Then the sovereignty, dominion, and greatness of the kingdoms under all of heaven will be given to the people, the saints of the Most High. His kingdom will be an everlasting kingdom, and all…
- Revelation 20:6
  Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him…

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