Revelation 1:8-10

Contemporary English Version

⁸^(A) The Lord God says, “I am Alpha and Omega,^[a] the one who is and was and is coming. I am God All-Powerful!”

A Vision of the Risen Lord

⁹I am John, a follower together with all of you. We suffer because Jesus is our king, but he gives us the strength to endure. I was sent to Patmos Island,^[b] because I had preached God's message and had told about Jesus. ¹⁰On the Lord's day the Spirit took control of me, and behind me I heard a loud voice that sounded like a trumpet.

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Footnotes

1.8 Alpha and Omega: The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, which sometimes mean “first” and “last.”
1.9 Patmos Island: A small island where prisoners were sometimes kept by the Romans.