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Revelation 1:18 KJV
Revelation · chapter 1 · verse 18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.Revelation 1:18 · King James Version
Revelation 1:18 in context
16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
17And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
18I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
19Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
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Key words (Strong's)
- evermoreaiōnfor ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity, the worlds, universe, period of…G165 →
- livethzaōto live, breathe, be among the living , to enjoy real life, to have true life and worthy…G2198 →
- beholdidoubehold, see, loG2400 →
- deadnekrosproperly, one that has breathed his last, lifeless, deceased, departed, one whose soul is…G3498 →
- Amenamēnfirm, metaph. faithful, verily, amen, at the beginning of a discourseG281 →
- keyskleisa key, since the keeper of the keys has the power to open and to shut, metaph. in the NT…G2807 →
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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 favoured with this vision. He describes himself, 1. By his present state and condition.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-20