MANNAFEST

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.

KJV

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ASV

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

WEB

And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

YLT

And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, `Come and behold!'

DBT

And when it opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come [and see].

About this book

New Testament

RevelationJohn 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

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