1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what will happen soon. He sent his angel to reveal it to his servant John 2 who confirmed everything he saw concerning the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 3 Anyone who reads this is blessed, as are those who hear these prophetic words and pay attention to what's written, because the time is near. 4 This letter comes from John and is sent to the seven churches in the province of Asia. May you have grace and peace from the one who was, who is, and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ the trustworthy witness, the firstborn from the dead, the ruler of earthly kings. To Jesus who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 who made us into his kingdom, priests to his God and Father—to Jesus be glory and authority for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Look, he is coming surrounded by clouds, and everybody shall see him, even those who killed him. All the peoples of the earth will weep because of him. May it be so! Amen. 8 “I am the Beginning and the End,” says the All-powerful Lord God, who was, who is, and who is to come. 9 I am John, your brother who shares with you in the suffering and in the kingdom and in the patient waiting that are our experience in Jesus. I was detained on the island of Patmos for sharing the word of God and the truth as revealed by Jesus. 10 I was filled by the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard a loud voice behind me that sounded like a trumpet. 11 It told me, “Write down in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.” 12 I turned round to see who was speaking to me. When I turned I saw seven golden candlesticks, 13 and standing among the candlesticks was someone who looked like a Son of man. He was wearing a robe that reached down to his feet with a golden sash across his chest. 14 His hair looked like white wool, and his eyes like flaming fire. 15 His feet looked like polished brass that had been refined in a furnace. His voice sounded like a thundering waterfall. 16 He was holding seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword came out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun at its brightest. 17 When I saw him I fell down at his feet as if I were dead. But he touched me with his right hand and said, “Don't be afraid, I am the first and the last, 18 the living one. I was dead, but look! Now I am alive for ever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and the grave. 19 So write down what you've seen—what's happening in the present and what will happen in the future. 20 The meaning of the seven stars that you saw me holding in my right hand and the seven golden candlesticks is this: the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.”
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Personas
John
The servant of Jesus Christ who received the revelation, writing from the island of Patmos to the seven churches of Asia. The text names him only as John; the Orthodox Church,…
Citado en la guía: Revelation 1:1; Revelation 1:4; Revelation 1:9
Lugares
Patmos
A place of Roman banishment. The exiled apostle John recorded the visions of Revelation here, addressed to seven churches on the nearby mainland.
Citado en la guía: Revelation 1:9
Referencias cruzadas (20)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Apocalipsis 22:6; Apocalipsis 22:16; Amós 3:7; Gálatas 1:12; Daniel 2:28–29
- 2 Juan 19:35; 1 Corintios 1:6; 1 Juan 1:1; Apocalipsis 1:19; Juan 21:24
- 3 Lucas 11:28; Apocalipsis 22:10; Romanos 13:11; Proverbios 8:34; 1 Pedro 4:7
- 4 Isaías 11:2; Juan 1:1; Hebreos 13:8; Salmo 90:2; Apocalipsis 5:6
- 5 Salmo 89:27; Hebreos 9:14; 1 Juan 1:7; Apocalipsis 17:14; Colosenses 1:18
- 6 Apocalipsis 5:10; Apocalipsis 20:6; Éxodo 19:6; 1 Pedro 2:5–9; Isaías 61:6
- 7 Mateo 24:30; Zacarías 12:10; Daniel 7:13; Juan 19:37; Marcos 14:62
- 8 Isaías 44:6; Apocalipsis 22:13; Isaías 43:10; Isaías 48:12; Apocalipsis 21:6
- 9 Hechos 14:22; Apocalipsis 3:10; Juan 16:33; Apocalipsis 1:2; Apocalipsis 13:10
- 10 Apocalipsis 21:10; 2 Corintios 12:2–4; Apocalipsis 4:1–2; Apocalipsis 17:3; Apocalipsis 10:3–8
- 11 Apocalipsis 3:1; Jeremías 30:2; Colosenses 4:15–16; Habacuc 2:2; Apocalipsis 2:12
- 12 Zacarías 4:2; Éxodo 25:37; Apocalipsis 1:20–2:1; Apocalipsis 1:13; Ezequiel 43:5–6
- 13 Daniel 7:13; Daniel 10:5–6; Daniel 10:16; Éxodo 28:6–8; Apocalipsis 15:6
- 14 Daniel 10:6; Daniel 7:9; Apocalipsis 2:18; Apocalipsis 19:12; Mateo 28:3
- 15 Ezequiel 43:2; Daniel 10:6; Apocalipsis 14:2; Apocalipsis 19:6; Salmo 93:4
- 16 Hebreos 4:12; Apocalipsis 2:12; Apocalipsis 19:15; Apocalipsis 2:16; Efesios 6:17
- 17 Isaías 44:6; Daniel 10:8–10; Apocalipsis 22:13; Daniel 8:17–18; Isaías 48:12
- 18 Romanos 6:9; Hebreos 7:25; Romanos 14:8–9; Salmo 68:20; Apocalipsis 3:7
- 19 Apocalipsis 4:1–11; Apocalipsis 1:11–2:3
- 20 Apocalipsis 2:1; Apocalipsis 3:1; Apocalipsis 1:16; Zacarías 4:2; Apocalipsis 3:7
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
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And the prophet, too, indicates the same, saying, "instead of fathers, children have been born unto thee." For the Lord, having been born "the First-begotten of the dead," and receiving into His bosom the ancient fathers, has regenerated them into the life of God, He having been made Himself the beginning of those that live, as Adam became the beginning …
For which reason also the Apostle John writes to the seven churches, showing in that way that he writes to the totality of the one Church; and in the Proverbs of Solomon it is said aforetime, prefiguring this, "Wisdom hath builded her house, she hath strengthened her seven pillars." For the city of God was barren in all nations before …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
"The Lord rained down fire from the Lord;" and "A sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of Thy Kingdom;" and "Which is and was and is to come, the Almighty" --all which are clearly spoken of the Son, with all the other passages of the same force, none of which is an afterthought, or added later to the Son or …
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
On this account also does John declare in the Apocalypse, "And His voice as the sound of many waters." For the Spirit [of God] is truly [like] many waters, since the Father is both rich and great.
The Apocalypse is a book of St. John the Evangelist; and he writes "to seven Churches." Be ye hungered; own ye these baskets.
Leer en contexto · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 6 (1888)