KJV King James Version
And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
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Revelation 22:6
And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”
WEB World English Bible
He said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord God of the spirits of the prophets sent his angel to show to his bondservants the things which must happen soon.”
ASV American Standard Version
And he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he said to me, ‘These words are stedfast and true, and the Lord God of the holy prophets did send His messenger to shew to His servants the things that it behoveth to come quickly:
Surrounding context — Revelation 22
3 And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall see his face; and his name [shall be] in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings [are] faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed [is] he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard [them]. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ΚαὶG2532 · kaiandεἶπένG2036 · eiponto sayμοι·G3165 · memeοὗτοιG3778 · ohutosthis/he/she/itοἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoλόγοιG3056 · logoswordπιστοὶG4103 · pistosfaithfulκαὶG2532 · kaiandἀληθινοί,G228 · alēthinostrueκαὶG2532 · kaiandὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoκύριοςG2962 · kurioslord: GodὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoθεὸςG2316 · theosGodτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπνευμάτωνG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoπροφητῶνG4396 · prophētēsprophetἀπέστειλενG649 · apostellōto sendτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἄγγελονG32 · angelosangelαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heδεῖξαιG1166 · deiknuōto showτοῖςG3588 · hothe/this/whoδούλοιςG1401 · doulosslaveαὐτοῦG846 · autosit/s/heἃG3739 · hos, hēwhichδεῖG1163 · deibe necessaryγενέσθαιG1096 · ginomaito beἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongτάχει.G5034 · tachosspeed
Cross-references
Revelation 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified [it] by his angel unto his servant John:Revelation 21:5And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.Revelation 19:9And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed [are] they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.Romans 1:2(Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures,)Acts 3:18But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he hath so fulfilled.2 Peter 1:21For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake [as they were] moved by the Holy Ghost.Luke 1:70As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, which have been since the world began:Hebrews 12:9Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?2 Peter 3:2That ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour:Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, [thou] heaven, and [ye] holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.Revelation 22:7Behold, I come quickly: blessed [is] he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.1 Peter 1:11-12Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.Genesis 41:32And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; [it is] because the thing [is] established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.1 Corinthians 14:32And the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.Matthew 13:41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;Daniel 3:28[Then] Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed [be] the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.Daniel 6:22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions’ mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.Luke 16:16The law and the prophets [were] until John: since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it.
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