Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.
WEB
“Behold, I am coming soon. Blessed is the one who keeps the words of prophecy in this book.”
YLT
Lo, I come quickly; happy is he who is keeping the words of the prophecy of this scroll.'
DBT
And behold, I come quickly. Blessed [is] he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.
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