Revelation 1:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 1:6
Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:
John 19:35
And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe.
1 John 1:1
That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;
Revelation 12:17
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-2)

Here we have, I. What we may call the pedigree of this book. 1. It is the revelation of Jesus Christ. The whole Bible is so; for all revelation comes through Christ and all centres in him; and especially in these last days God has spoken to us by his Son, and concerning his Son. Christ, as the king of his church, has been pleased thus far to let his church know by what rules and methods he will pr…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. bare record of--“testified the word of God” in this book. Where we would say “testifies,” the ancients in epistolary communications use the past tense. The word of God constitutes his testimony; Re 1:3, “the words of this prophecy.” the testimony of Jesus--“the Spirit of prophecy” (Re 19:10). and of all things that, &c.--The oldest manuscripts omit “and.” Translate, “whatsoever things he saw,”…