And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:
To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
`And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things saith the First and the Last, who did become dead and did live;
And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:
About this book
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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