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Good News Translation

Revelation 22:13

I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alpha;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Omega;   Readings, Select;   Thompson Chain Reference - Alpha;   Christ;   Divinity;   Divinity-Humanity;   Eternal;   Future, the;   Heaven;   Heavenly;   Home;   Living Water;   Names;   Omega;   Pre-Existence of Christ;   Titles and Names;   Water;   Water of Life;   Wells;   The Topic Concordance - Blessings;   Idolatry;   Jesus Christ;   Kingdom of God;   Lying/lies;   Obedience;   Paganism;   Rendering;   Tree of Life;   Violence;   Whoredom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Titles and Names of Christ;   Trinity, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - A;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Day of the lord;   Jesus christ;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Condemnation;   Holy, Holiness;   Time;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Obedience;   Easton Bible Dictionary - A;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Alpha;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Alpha and Omega;   God;   Omega;   Revelation, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Alpha and Omega;   Revelation, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Alpha and Omega;   Alpha and Omega (2);   Enoch Book of;   First and Last ;   God;   Mediator;   Pre-Existence;   Sin (2);   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Alpha;   Beginning;   Omega ;   Revelation, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Alpha;   Names titles and offices of christ;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Alpha;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Alpha and Omega;   Begin;   Christ, Offices of;   End;   First;   Resurrection;   Revelation of John:;   Unchangeable;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Alpha;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 29;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am the Alpha and the Omega,
King James Version (1611)
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first & the last.
King James Version
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
New American Standard Bible
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
New Century Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
English Standard Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
Berean Standard Bible
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
Contemporary English Version
I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Complete Jewish Bible
I am the ‘A' and the ‘Z,' the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
Darby Translation
*I* [am] the Alpha and the Omega, [the] first and [the] last, the beginning and the end.
Easy-to-Read Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ende, the first and the last.
George Lamsa Translation
I am Aleph and Tau, Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Lexham English Bible
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
Literal Translation
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, the First and the Last.
Amplified Bible
"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End [the Eternal One]."
American Standard Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Bible in Basic English
I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.
Hebrew Names Version
I am the Alef and the Tav, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
International Standard Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."[fn]Isaiah 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Revelation 1:8,11; 21:6;">[xr]
Etheridge Translation
I am Olaph and Thau, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Murdock Translation
I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Commencement and the Completion.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I am Alpha and Omega, the begynnyng and the ende, the first and the last.
English Revised Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
World English Bible
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Weymouth's New Testament
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y am alpha and oo, the firste and the laste, bigynnyng and ende.
Update Bible Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Webster's Bible Translation
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
New English Translation
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end!)
New King James Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last." [fn]
New Living Translation
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."
New Life Bible
I am the First and the Last. I am the beginning and the end.
New Revised Standard
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I, am the A and the Z, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Douay-Rheims Bible
I am Alpha and Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.
Revised Standard Version
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end."
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
I am Alpha and Omega the begynninge and the ende: the fyrst and the last.
Young's Literal Translation
I am the Alpha and the Omega -- the Beginning and End -- the First and the Last.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
I am Alpha and Omega, ye beginnynge and the ende: the first & the last.
Mace New Testament (1729)
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Simplified Cowboy Version
I am the first and the last. The point rider and the drag, the beginning and the end."

Contextual Overview

6 Then the angel said to me, "These words are true and can be trusted. And the Lord God, who gives his Spirit to the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must happen very soon." 7 "Listen!" says Jesus. "I am coming soon! Happy are those who obey the prophetic words in this book!" 8 I, John, have heard and seen all these things. And when I finished hearing and seeing them, I fell down at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things, and I was about to worship him. 9 But he said to me, "Don't do it! I am a servant together with you and with your brothers the prophets and of all those who obey the words in this book. Worship God!" 10 And he said to me, "Do not keep the prophetic words of this book a secret, because the time is near when all this will happen. 11 Whoever is evil must go on doing evil, and whoever is filthy must go on being filthy; whoever is good must go on doing good, and whoever is holy must go on being holy." 12 "Listen!" says Jesus. "I am coming soon! I will bring my rewards with me, to give to each one according to what he has done. 13 I am the first and the last, the beginning and the end." 14 Happy are those who wash their robes clean and so have the right to eat the fruit from the tree of life and to go through the gates into the city. 15 But outside the city are the perverts and those who practice magic, the immoral and the murderers, those who worship idols and those who are liars both in words and deeds.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11, Revelation 21:6, Isaiah 41:4, Isaiah 44:6, Isaiah 48:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 1:1 - God Zechariah 12:8 - the house Zechariah 13:7 - the man Malachi 3:6 - I change not John 1:1 - the beginning John 13:32 - shall Colossians 1:18 - the beginning Revelation 1:17 - I am Revelation 22:10 - he saith

Cross-References

Genesis 22:6
Abraham made Isaac carry the wood for the sacrifice, and he himself carried a knife and live coals for starting the fire. As they walked along together,
Genesis 22:7
Isaac spoke up, "Father!" He answered, "Yes, my son?" Isaac asked, "I see that you have the coals and the wood, but where is the lamb for the sacrifice?"
Genesis 22:8
Abraham answered, "God himself will provide one." And the two of them walked on together.
Genesis 22:9
When they came to the place which God had told him about, Abraham built an altar and arranged the wood on it. He tied up his son and placed him on the altar, on top of the wood.
Genesis 22:10
Then he picked up the knife to kill him.
Genesis 22:19
Abraham went back to his servants, and they went together to Beersheba, where Abraham settled.
Genesis 22:20
Some time later Abraham learned that Milcah had borne eight children to his brother Nahor:
Isaiah 30:21
If you wander off the road to the right or the left, you will hear his voice behind you saying, "Here is the road. Follow it."
1 Corinthians 10:13
Every test that you have experienced is the kind that normally comes to people. But God keeps his promise, and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm; at the time you are put to the test, he will give you the strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I am Alpha and Omega,.... :-. These characters are all put together here, which are before used in Revelation 1:8 and are very pertinently mentioned in this place, when all promises and prophecies, relating to the glorious kingdom of Christ, were just finishing, and that itself was ready to appear, in which Christ alone should be exalted, the mystery of God would be completed, and time itself be no more. The Ethiopic version adds, "the beginning and end of days", or time. A testimony this, of the deity, eternity, infinity, and perfection of Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am Alpha and Omega ... - See the notes on Revelation 1:8, Revelation 1:11. The idea here is, that he will thus show that he is the first and the last - the beginning and the end. He originated the whole plan of salvation, and he will determine its close; he formed the world, and he will wind up its affairs. In the beginning, the continuance, and the end, he will be recognized as the same being presiding over and controlling all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Revelation 22:13. I am Alpha and OmegaRevelation 1:8; Revelation 1:8; "Revelation 1:18".


 
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