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Selected Verse: Revelation 22:13 - American Standard
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Re 22:13 |
American Standard |
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end. |
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King James |
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| I am Alpha--Greek, ". . . the Alpha and the Omega." A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, ORIGEN, and CYPRIAN transpose thus, "the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." ANDREAS supports English Version. Compare with these divine titles assumed here by the Lord Jesus, Rev 1:8, Rev 1:17; Rev 21:6. At the winding up of the whole scheme of revelation He announces Himself as the One before whom and after whom there is no God. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| I am Alpha and Omega ... - See the notes on Rev 1:8, Rev 1:11. The idea here is, that he will thus show that he is the first and the last - the beginning and the end. He originated the whole plan of salvation, and he will determine its close; he formed the world, and he will wind up its affairs. In the beginning, the continuance, and the end, he will be recognized as the same being presiding over and controlling all. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last - Who exist from everlasting to everlasting. How clear, incontestable a proof, does our Lord here give of his divine glory! |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I am Alpha and Omega - See on Rev 1:8 (note), Rev 1:18 (note). |
6 And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
11 saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.
18 and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.