Study it in the app“John, to the seven assemblies that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from the one who is and who was and who is coming, and from the seven spirits that are before his throne,”
John,Ἰωάννηςto the sevenταῖς ἑπτὰassembliesἐκκλησίαιςthat areταῖςinἐνAsia:τῇ ἈσίᾳGraceχάριςto youὑμῖνandκαὶpeaceεἰρήνηfromἀπὸthe one who isὁ ὢνandκαὶwho wasὁ ἦνandκαὶwho is coming,ὁ ἐρχόμενοςandκαὶfromἀπὸthe sevenτῶν ἑπτὰspiritsπνευμάτωνthatἃarebeforeἐνώπιονhis throne,τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ
John
John. In the Gospels, John the Immerser (the Baptist) or John son of Zebedee, one of the Twelve.
Where else “Iōannēs” appearsseven
Seven.
Where else “hepta” appearschurch
Those who believe in Jesus, gathered as his people.
Where else “ekklēsiais” appearsAsia
See it on the mapWhere else “Asiai” appearsgrace
A kindness God gives that no one earns, above all salvation.
Where else “charis” appearspeace with God
The calm God gives: being on good terms with him.
Where else “eirēnē” appearsexist
To have existence, to be alive.
Where else “ōn” appearscome
To move to where someone is or to a place, and be present there.
Where else “erchomenos” appearsevil spirit
An invisible being without a body, often evil: a demon.
Where else “pneumatōn” appearsbefore, in front of
In front of, in the presence of.
Where else “enōpion” appearsthrone
Throne: the seat of a king or a judge; hence royal power.
Where else “thronou” appears“The one who is and who was and who is coming”: after “from” the Greek leaves it in the nominative, undeclined, like a name (it can recall Exodus 3:14). “The seven spirits”: the text does not say who they are; it can be understood as referring to the Spirit of God.
Asia
Today: western Turkey (western Anatolia)
A Roman province in what is now western Turkey, with Ephesus as its main city.
Paul taught two years in Ephesus, and everyone in the province heard the word of the Lord (Acts 19:10). The seven assemblies of Revelation were there (Rev 1:4).
3Happy is the one who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
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5and from Jesus the Messiah, the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To the one who loves us and freed us from our sins by his blood,
