Revelation 22:12–13
Jesus says he is coming soon and is the beginning and the end
Study it word by word12“Look, I am coming soon, and my reward is with me, to repay each one as his work is.
13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
In its context
10And he says to me, “Do not seal up the words of the prophecy of this book, for the time is near.
11Let the one who does wrong still do wrong, and the filthy still be filthy, and the righteous still do righteousness, and the holy still be sanctified.”
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14Happy are those who wash their robes, so that they will have the right to the tree of life, and may enter into the city by the gates.
15Outside are the dogs and the sorcerers and the sexually immoral and the murderers and the idolaters and everyone who holds dear and practices falsehood.
Its words in the original
- ἔρχομαιerchomai· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ταχύtachy· quick
Quick, swift; "quickly".
- μισθόςmisthos· wages, reward
Pay, wages; reward.
- ἀποδοῦναιapodounai· give back, pay
Pay, give back, give what is owed.
- ἑκάστῳhekastōi· each
Each, each one.
- ἔργονergon· work
Work, deed, what someone does.
- ἐστὶνestin· be
Be, exist.
- ἌλφαAlpha· Alpha
Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet; "the Alpha and the Omega" means the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
- ὮŌ· O
O!
- πρῶτοςprōtos· first
First, foremost.
- ἔσχατοςeschatos· last
Last.
- ἀρχὴarchē· beginning
Beginning, start; also authority, rule.
- τέλοςtelos· end
End, completion; "to the end", fully. Also tax.