Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
My Notes
Commentary
Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.
Gill's Exposition
Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last,.... These characters, which are repeated here; see Gill on Rev 1:8; are left out in the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate…
Barnes' Notes
Saying - That is, literally, “the trumpet saying.” It was, however, manifestly the voice that addressed these words to John, though they seemed to come through a trumpet, and hence the trumpet is…
Adam Clarke
I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and - This whole clause is wanting in ABC, thirty-one others; some editions; the Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopic, Armenian, Slavonic, Vulgate, Arethas, Andreas,…
We have now come to that glorious vision which the apostle had of the Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to deliver this revelation to him, where observe,
I. The account given of the person who was…
Cambridge Bible
I am … the last: and Not genuine in this place: we therefore cannot say positively that the voice is His Who says in Rev 1:17 "I am the first and the last:" but the context makes it probable.
which…
Cross References
Related passages throughout Scripture