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And I, John, am the one hearing and seeing these things. And when I heard and saw, I fell to worship[a] in front of the feet of the angel showing me these things. And he says to me, “See that you not do it. I am a fellow-slave of you and of your brothers the prophets, and of the ones keeping the words of this book. Give-worship to God”.

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10 And he[b] says to me, “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 22:8 If the angel stated v 7 on behalf of the One who sent him (v 6), John’s confusion is understandable.
  2. Revelation 22:10 That is, the angel speaking Christ’s words here, as explained in v 6 and 16. Or, He, Christ Himself speaking. Likewise throughout this paragraph.

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things.(A) And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet(B) of the angel who had been showing them to me. But he said to me, “Don’t do that! I am a fellow servant with you and with your fellow prophets and with all who keep the words of this scroll.(C) Worship God!”(D)

10 Then he told me, “Do not seal up(E) the words of the prophecy of this scroll,(F) because the time is near.(G)

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