Revelation 22:17–20
The Bible ends with the Spirit and the bride saying “Come”
Study it word by word17And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come.” And let the one who hears say, “Come.” And let the one who is thirsty come; let the one who wishes take the water of life freely.
18I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book;
19and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his share from the tree of life and from the holy city, which are written about in this book.
20The one who testifies to these things says, “Yes, I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!
In its context
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.
16I, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you these things for the assemblies. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright morning star.”
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21The grace of the Lord Jesus be with all.
Its words in the original
- πνεῦμαpneuma· spirit, Spirit
Spirit; also wind and breath. With "holy", the Holy Spirit of God.
- νύμφηnymphē· bride
Bride; also daughter-in-law.
- λέγουσινlegousin· say
Say, speak; in the passive, "be called".
- ἜρχουErchou· come, go
Come, arrive; go.
- ἀκούωνakouōn· hear, listen
Hear, listen; also heed.
- διψῶνdipsōn· thirst
Be thirsty; long for something.
- θέλωνthelōn· want, wish
Want, wish, be willing.
- λαβέτωlabetō· take, receive
Take, receive.
- ὕδωρhydōr· water
Water.
- ζωῆςzōēs· life
Life; the true life that God gives.
- δωρεάνdōrean· without cause, freely
Freely, as a gift; for no reason.
- ΜαρτυρῶMartyrō· testify
Testify, bear witness.
- λόγουςlogous· word
Word, saying, message; also reason, cause, account.
- προφητείαςprophēteias· prophecy
Prophecy: a message from God spoken by a prophet; also prophesying.
- βιβλίουbibliou· book, scroll
Book, scroll; also written document.
- ἐπιθῇepithēi· put on, lay on
Put on, lay on.
- θεὸςtheos· God, god
God. In the plural or in another sense, "gods".
- πληγὰςplēgas· blow, wound, plague
Blow, beating; wound; also plague, disaster.
- γεγραμμέναςgegrammenas· write
Write. "It is written": that is what the Scriptures say.
- ἀφέλῃaphelēi· cut off, take away
Take away, cut off.
- μέροςmeros· part
Part; in the plural, region, district.
- ξύλουxylou· wood, club
Wood; a club; a tree, the cross.
- πόλεωςpoleōs· city, town
City, town.
- ἁγίαςhagias· holy
Holy: set apart for God, pure, belonging to him.
- ΝαίNai· yes
Yes.
- ταχύtachy· quickly
Quickly, soon.
- ἈμήνAmēn· truly, amen
Amen: a Hebrew word meaning "so it is", "it is firm". Jesus uses it at the start of a saying to affirm what he is about to say: "truly".
- κύριεkyrie· Lord, lord
Lord, master, owner. Said of God, the Lord; in Old Testament quotations it stands for the name YHWH.
- ἸησοῦIēsou· Jesus
Jesus, the Greek form of the Hebrew Yehoshua (Joshua), which means "YHWH saves". It is the name the angel told Joseph to give him (Matthew 1:21).