Revelation 21:6 BSB

Revelation 21:6

And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.

BSB

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ASV

And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

KJV

And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.

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Commentary

7 voices

Lucius Caecilius Firmianus Lactantius

Commentary (church-history corpus) (325)

Let those who are hungry come, that being fed with heavenly food, they may lay aside their lasting hunger; let those who are athirst come, that they may with full mouth draw forth the water of salvation from an ever-flowing fountain.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And he said unto me, it is done,.... The end of all things is come; it is all over with the first heaven and earth; these are no more, and the new heaven and earth are finished: there seems to be an allusion to the old creation, he spake, and it was done, Psa 33:

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And he - That sat upon the throne. Said to me, It is done - All that the prophets had spoken; all that was spoken, chap. iv, 1. We read this expression twice in this prophecy: first, chap. xvi, 17, at the fulfilling of the wrath of God; and here, at the making all things new.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The certainty of the promise averred: These words are faithful and true; and it follows, It is done, is as sure as if it were done already. We may and ought to take God's promise as present payment; if he has said that he makes all things new, it is done.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

It is done - All is determined, and shall be fulfilled in due time. The great drama is finished, and what was intended is now completed; referring to the period alluded to by the angel. I am Alpha and Omega - See on Rev 1:8 (note). The fountain of the water of life - See on Joh 4:10 (note), Joh 4:14 (note); Joh 7:37 (note), etc. The rabbins consider the fountain of the world to come as one of the particular blessings of a future state. In Sanhedrim, Aboth R. Nathan, c.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1549: “Good News For Thirsty Souls” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1880)

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	And	G2532 →
εἶπέν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
μοι·	moi	to me;	G3165 →
γέγοναν.	gegonan	It has been done!	G1096 →
ἐγώ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
εἰμι	eimi	am	G1510 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ἄλφα	alpha	Alpha	G1 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
ὦ,	ō	Omega,	G5598 →
ἡ	hē	the	G3588 →
ἀρχὴ	archē	beginning	G746 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
τέλος.	telos	end.	G5056 →
ἐγὼ	egō	I myself	G1473 →
τῷ	tō	to the [one]	G3588 →
διψῶντι	dipsōnti	thirsting	G1372 →
δώσω	dōsō	I will give	G1325 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
τῆς	tēs	the	G3588 →
πηγῆς	pēgēs	spring	G4077 →
τοῦ	tou	of the	G3588 →
ὕδατος	hudatos	water	G5204 →
τῆς	tēs	<the>	G3588 →
ζωῆς	zōēs	of life	G2222 →
δωρεάν.	dōrean	freely.	G1432 →

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
John 4:10
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- John 7:37–39
  On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 36:8–9
  They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
Through
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
leads to
- John 7:38–39
  Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- John 6:35
  Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
Through
Psalms 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
leads to
- John 8:12
  Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”

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