Revelation 1:17–18
John falls as though dead; the living one says to him: “Do not be afraid”
Study it word by word17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. And he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the first and the last,
18and the living one; and I was dead, and look, I am alive to the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
In its context
15and his feet were like burnished bronze, as if refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.
16and he had in his right hand seven stars, and from his mouth came out a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun when it shines in its strength.
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19Write, then, what you saw, and what is, and what is going to take place after these things.
20As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw on my right hand and the seven golden lampstands: the seven stars are the angels of the seven assemblies, and the seven lampstands are the seven assemblies.”
Its words in the original
- εἶδονeidon· see
See, look; notice.
- ἔπεσαepesa· fall
Fall; fall to the ground.
- πόδαςpodas· foot
Foot.
- νεκρόςnekros· dead
Dead.
- ἔθηκενethēken· put, lay
Put, place, lay down.
- δεξιὰνdexian· right
Right (hand, side).
- λέγωνlegōn· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- φοβοῦphobou· fear, be afraid
Fear, be afraid; also show reverent respect.
- εἰμιeimi· be
Be, exist.
- πρῶτοςprōtos· first
First, foremost.
- ἔσχατοςeschatos· last
Last.
- ζῶνzōn· live
Live, be alive.
- ἐγενόμηνegenomēn· become, happen
Become, happen, come about; be born.
- αἰῶναςaiōnas· age
Age: a long period of the world's time; "forever", literally "into the ages".
- ἔχωechō· have
Have, possess, hold.
- κλεῖςkleis· key
Key.
- θανάτουthanatou· death
Death.
- ᾅδουhaidou· Hades
Hades: the place of the dead; in Hebrew, Sheol.