Revelation 7:13-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
13 Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?” 14 I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress;[a] they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(A)
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- 7:14 Time of great distress: fierce persecution by the Romans; cf. Introduction.
Revelation 7:13-14
New International Version
13 Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes(A)—who are they, and where did they come from?”
14 I answered, “Sir, you know.”
And he said, “These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes(B) and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.(C)
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