CHAPTER 1
Christ chooses some as kings and priests unto God—Christ shall come again—John sees the Risen Lord.
1 aTHE• bRevelation• of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his cservants things which must dshortly• come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his eangel• unto his servant John:
2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
3 aBlessed• is he that breadeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the ctime• is at hand.
4 JOHN to the aseven• churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which bis, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven cSpirits• which are before his throne;
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the afirst begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and bwashed us from our sins in his own cblood,
6 And hath made us akings and bpriests• unto God and his Father; to him be cglory and ddominion• for ever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, he acometh• with clouds; and every eye shall bsee him, and they also which pierced him: and all ckindreds• of the earth shall dwail• because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am aAlpha• and Omega, the bbeginning• and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the cAlmighty•.
9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and apatience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.
10 I was in the Spirit on the aLord’s bday, and heard behind me a great cvoice•, as of a trumpet,
11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the afirst and the last: and, What thou seest, bwrite in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto cThyatira•, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto dLaodicea•.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden acandlesticks•;
13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the aSon of man, bclothed• with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his aeyes• were as a flame of bfire;
15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his avoice• as the sound of many waters.
16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged asword•: and his bcountenance• was as the csun• shineth in his strength.
17 And when I asaw 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:
18 I am he that aliveth, and was bdead; and, behold, I am alive for cevermore, Amen; and have the dkeys of ehell and of death.
19 aWrite the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven astars• are the bangels• of the seven churches: and the seven ccandlesticks• which thou sawest are the seven churches.
CHAPTER 2
He that overcomes shall gain eternal life, avoid the second death, inherit the celestial kingdom, and rule many kingdoms.
1 UNTO the aangel• of the church of Ephesus bwrite; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
2 I aknow thy works, and thy labour, and thy patience, and how thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried them which say they are bapostles•, and are not, and hast found them liars:
3 And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
4 Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first alove•.
5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy acandlestick• out of his place, except thou brepent.
6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the aNicolaitans, which I also hate.
7 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the aSpirit saith unto the churches; To him that bovercometh• will I give to eat of the ctree• of life, which is in the midst of the dparadise of God.
8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
9 I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the ablasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
10 Fear none of those things which thou shalt asuffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be btried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto cdeath•, and I will dgive thee a ecrown• of life.
11 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second adeath.
12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp asword• with two edges;
13 I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, even where Satan’s seat is: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas was my faithful amartyr, who was slain among you, where Satan dwelleth.
14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of aBalaam•, who taught Balac to cast a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit bfornication.
15 So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.
16 Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that aovercometh• will I give to eat of the hidden bmanna, and will give him a cwhite• dstone, and in the stone a new ename• written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
18 And unto the aangel• of the church in bThyatira• write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his ceyes• like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass;
19 I know thy works, and charity, and aservice, and faith, and thy patience, and thy works; and the last to be more than the first.
20 Notwithstanding I have a few things against thee, because thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.
21 And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she repented not.
22 Behold, I will cast her ainto• a bed, and them that commit badultery with her into great tribulation, except they repent of their deeds.
23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which asearcheth the breins• and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
24 But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none other burden.
25 But that which ye have already ahold• fast till I come.
26 aAnd• he that bovercometh•, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give cpower• over the nations:
27 And he shall rule them with a arod• of iron; as the bvessels• of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
28 And I will give him the morning astar•.
29 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
CHAPTER 3
He that overcomes shall retain his name in the book of life, reach godhood, and be with Jesus as he is with the Father.
1 aAND• unto the bangel• of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven cSpirits• of God, and the seven dstars•; I eknow thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art fdead•.
2 aBe• watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God.
3 Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not awatch•, I will come on thee as a bthief•, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
4 Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not adefiled their garments; and they shall bwalk with me in cwhite•: for they are dworthy.
5 He that aovercometh•, the same shall be clothed in bwhite craiment•; and I will not dblot out his name out of the ebook of life, but I will fconfess• his name before my Father, and before his angels.
6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the akey of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
8 I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.
9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them to come and aworship• before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.
10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will akeep thee from the hour of btemptation, which shall come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth.
11 Behold, I come aquickly•: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown.
12 Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will write upon him the aname• of my God, and the name of the city of my God, which is bnew Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God: and I will write upon him my new name.
13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
14 And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the afaithful• and true witness, the bbeginning of the ccreation of God;
15 I know thy aworks•, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
16 So then because thou art alukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will bspue• thee out of my mouth.
17 Because thou sayest, I am arich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
18 I acounsel thee to buy of me bgold• tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
19 As many as I love, I rebuke and achasten•: be zealous therefore, and repent.
20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and aopen• the door, I will bcome• in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21 To him that aovercometh• will I grant to bsit• with me in my cthrone•, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.
CHAPTER 4
John sees the celestial earth, the throne of God, and all created things worshipping the Lord.
1 AFTER this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will ashew thee things which must be hereafter.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a arainbow• round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
4 aAnd• round about the throne were four and twenty bseats•: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty celders• sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, awhich• are the seven bSpirits• of God.
6 And before the throne there was a asea• of glass like unto crystal: band• in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four cbeasts• full of eyes before and behind.
7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle.
8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, aLord• God bAlmighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast acreated all things, and bfor• thy pleasure they are and were created.
CHAPTER 5
John sees the book sealed with seven seals and those redeemed out of every nation—He hears every creature praising God and the Lamb.
1 AND I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book awritten• within and on the backside, bsealed• with seven cseals.
2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is aworthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
4 And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
5 And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the aLion• of the tribe of bJuda, the cRoot• of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a aLamb as it had been slain, bhaving• seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of aodours•, which are the bprayers• of saints.
9 And they asung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast bredeemed us to God by thy blood out of every ckindred•, and tongue, and people, and nation;
10 And hast made us unto our God kings and apriests: and we shall reign on the earth.
11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and athousands• of thousands;
12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the aLamb that was slain to receive bpower, and riches, and cwisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.
13 And every acreature• which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and bpower, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
14 And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
CHAPTER 6
Christ opens the six seals, and John sees the events therein—In the fifth seal he sees the Christian martyrs, and in the sixth the signs of the times.
1 aAND• I saw when the Lamb opened one of the bseals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four cbeasts saying, Come and see.
2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
3 And when he had opened the asecond• seal, I heard the second beast say, Come and see.
4 And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take apeace• from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand.
6 And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with asword•, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the aaltar• the souls of them that were bslain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
10 And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and aavenge• our blood on them that dwell on the earth?
11 And awhite• brobes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should crest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
12 And I beheld when he had opened the asixth• seal, and, lo, there was a great bearthquake•; and the csun became dblack• as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as eblood•;
13 And the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her auntimely• figs, when she is shaken of a mighty wind.
14 aAnd• the heaven departed as a bscroll• when it is rolled together; and every cmountain• and island were moved out of their places.
15 And the akings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the bdens• and in the rocks of the mountains;
16 And said to the amountains• and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
17 For the great aday of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to bstand•?
CHAPTER 7
John also sees in the sixth seal: The restoration of the gospel foreseen; the sealing of the 144,000; and the hosts of the exalted from all nations.
1 AND after these things I saw four aangels• standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four bwinds• of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
2 And I saw another angel aascending• from the east, having the bseal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
3 Saying, aHurt• not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have bsealed• the cservants of our God in their foreheads.
4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an ahundred• and forty and four thousand of all the btribes of the children of cIsrael•.
5 Of the tribe of aJuda were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of bReuben• were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve thousand.
6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Nepthalim were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Manasses were sealed twelve thousand.
7 Of the tribe of Simeon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed twelve thousand.
8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of aJoseph were sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were sealed twelve thousand.
9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and akindreds•, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and bpalms• in their hands;
10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four abeasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
13 And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came aout of great btribulation, and have cwashed• their robes, and made them dwhite in the eblood• of the fLamb.
15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his atemple: and he that bsitteth• on the throne shall cdwell among them.
16 They shall hunger no more, neither athirst• any more; neither shall the bsun• light on them, nor any heat.
17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of awaters: and God shall wipe away all btears• from their eyes.
CHAPTER 8
John sees fire and desolation poured out during the seventh seal and preceding the Second Coming.
1 AND when he had aopened• the bseventh seal, there was csilence in heaven about the space of half an hour.
2 And I saw the seven angels which stood before God; and to them were given seven atrumpets•.
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much aincense•, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the aprayers• of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel’s hand.
5 And the angel took the censer, and filled it with fire of the altar, and acast• it into the earth: and there were bvoices•, and thunderings, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
6 And the seven angels which had the seven atrumpets• prepared themselves to sound.
7 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and afire• mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 And the second angel sounded, and as it were a great mountain burning with fire was cast into the sea: and the third part of the sea became ablood;
9 And the third part of the creatures which were in the sea, and had life, died; and the third part of the ships were destroyed.
10 And the third angel sounded, and there afell• a great star from heaven, burning as it were a lamp, and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, and upon the fountains of waters;
11 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part of the waters became wormwood; and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter.
12 And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.
13 And I beheld, and heard an aangel• flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, bWoe•, woe, woe, to the inhabiters of the earth by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels, which are yet to sound!
CHAPTER 9
John also sees the wars and plagues poured out during the seventh seal and before the Lord comes.
1 AND the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star fall from heaven unto the earth: and to him was given the key of the abottomless• bpit•.
2 And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
3 And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth: and unto them was given power, as the scorpions of the earth have power.
4 And it was commanded them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those amen• which have not the bseal of God in their foreheads.
5 And to them it was given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented five months: and their torment was as the torment of a scorpion, when he striketh a man.
6 And in those days shall men seek adeath•, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.
7 And the shapes of the locusts were like unto horses prepared unto battle; and on their heads were as it were crowns like gold, and their faces were as the faces of men.
8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their teeth were as the ateeth• of lions.
9 And they had breastplates, as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings was as the asound• of chariots of many horses running to battle.
10 And they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
11 And they had a king over them, which is the angel of the bottomless pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue is Abaddon, but in the Greek tongue hath his name Apollyon.
12 One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.
13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,
14 Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound ain• the great river Euphrates.
15 And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.
16 And the anumber• of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.
17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.
18 By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.
19 For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.
20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:
21 Neither repented they of their amurders, nor of their bsorceries, nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
CHAPTER 10
John seals up many things relative to the last days—He is commissioned to participate in the restoration of all things.
1 AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud: and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire:
2 And he had in his hand a little abook• open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth,
3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
5 And the angel which I saw astand• upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven,
6 And asware• by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be btime no longer:
7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he shall begin to sound, the amystery of God should be finished, as he hath declared to his servants the prophets.
8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again, and said, Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
9 And I went unto the angel, and said unto him, Give me the little book. And he said unto me, Take it, and eat it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey.
10 And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and aate• it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey: and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter.
11 And he said unto me, Thou must prophesy aagain• before many peoples, and nations, and tongues, and kings.
CHAPTER 11
In the last days two prophets shall be slain in Jerusalem—After three and one-half days they shall be resurrected—Christ shall reign over all the earth.
1 AND there was given me a areed• like unto a rod: band• the angel stood, saying, Rise, and cmeasure• the temple of God, and the daltar•, and them that worship therein.
2 But the court which is without the temple leave out, and measure it not; for it is given unto the Gentiles: and the aholy• city shall they tread under foot forty and two months.
3 And I will give apower• unto my two bwitnesses•, and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, clothed in sackcloth.
4 These are the two olive trees, and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth.
5 And if any man will hurt them, fire proceedeth out of their mouth, and devoureth their enemies: and if any man will hurt them, he must in this manner be killed.
6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to aturn• them to blood, and to smite the earth with all bplagues, as often as they will.
7 And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall aovercome them, and bkill them.
8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was acrucified.
9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an half, and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves.
10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.
11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them, and they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them which saw them.
12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
13 And the same hour was there a great aearthquake•, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe cometh quickly.
15 And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The akingdoms of this world are become the bkingdoms of our Lord, and of his cChrist•; and he shall dreign for ever and ever.
16 And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
17 Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God aAlmighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
18 And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be ajudged•, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which bdestroy• the earth.
19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the aark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great bhail•.
CHAPTER 12
John sees the imminent apostasy of the Church—He also sees the war in heaven in the beginning when Satan was cast out—He sees the continuation of that war on earth.
1 aAND• there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a bwoman• clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars:
2 And she being with achild• cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
3 And there appeared another wonder in heaven; and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads and ten horns, and seven crowns upon his heads.
4 And his tail drew the athird• part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.
5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a arod• of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
6 And the awoman• fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
7 And there was awar in heaven: bMichael and his cangels fought against the dragon; and the ddragon fought and his angels,
8 And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in aheaven.
9 And the great dragon was acast• out, that old serpent, called the bDevil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
10 And I heard a loud avoice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and bstrength, and the kingdom of our God, and the cpower of his Christ: for the daccuser• of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night.
11 And they aovercame• him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their btestimony; and they loved not their lives unto the cdeath.
12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time.
13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he apersecuted• the woman which brought forth the man child.
14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle, that she might fly into the wilderness, into her place, where she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from the face of the serpent.
15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman, that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood.
16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
17 And the adragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make bwar• with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.
CHAPTER 13
John sees fierce-looking beasts which represent degenerate earthly kingdoms controlled by Satan—The devil works miracles and deceives men.
1 aAND• I stood upon the sand of the sea, and saw a beast rise up out of the bsea•, having seven heads and ten horns, and upon his horns ten crowns, and upon his heads the name of blasphemy.
2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, and his feet were as the feet of a bear, and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: and the dragon gave him his apower•, and his seat, and great authority.
3 And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; and his deadly wound was healed: and all the world wondered after the beast.
4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the abeast: and they bworshipped the beast, saying, Who is like unto the beast? who is able to make war with him?
5 And there was given unto him a amouth• speaking great things and bblasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.
6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his aname, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.
7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them: and apower was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the abook of life of the bLamb slain from the cfoundation of the world.
9 If any man have an ear, let him hear.
10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that akilleth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the bpatience and the faith of the csaints.
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth; and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as a dragon.
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And adeceiveth• them that dwell on the earth by the means of those bmiracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is awisdom•. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.
CHAPTER 14
The Lamb shall stand upon Mount Zion—The gospel shall be restored in the last days by angelic ministry—The Son of Man harvests the earth.
1 AND I looked, and, lo, a aLamb• stood on the mount bSion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father’s cname• written in their foreheads.
2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
3 And they sung as it were a new asong before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
4 These are they which were not defiled with awomen; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were bredeemed• from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
5 And in their mouth was found no aguile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
6 And I saw another aangel• fly in the midst of heaven, having the beverlasting• cgospel• to dpreach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every enation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
7 Saying with a loud voice, aFear• God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his bjudgment is come: and cworship dhim that made eheaven•, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.
8 And there followed another angel, saying, aBabylon• is bfallen•, is fallen, that great ccity•, because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her dfornication•.
9 And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is apoured• out without mixture into the cup of his bindignation; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
12 Here is the apatience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus.
13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, aBlessed• are the bdead which cdie• in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may drest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
14 And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the aSon of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
15 And another angel came out of the temple, crying with a loud voice to him that sat on the cloud, aThrust• in thy sickle, and breap•: for the time is come for thee to reap; for the charvest of the earth is dripe•.
16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.
17 And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle.
18 And another angel came out from the altar, which had power over fire; and cried with a loud cry to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the avine of the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
19 And the angel thrust in his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vine of the earth, and cast it into the great awinepress• of the wrath of God.
20 And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
CHAPTER 15
Exalted saints praise God in celestial glory forever.
1 AND I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels having the seven last aplagues; for in them is filled up the wrath of God.
2 And I saw as it were a asea• of bglass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
3 And they asing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, bGreat• and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; cjust and true are thy ways, thou King of dsaints.
4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy aname•? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.
5 And after that I looked, and, behold, the temple of the tabernacle of the atestimony in heaven was opened:
6 And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven aplagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
7 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
8 And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.
CHAPTER 16
God pours out plagues upon the wicked—The nations assemble for Armageddon—Christ comes, islands flee, mountains cease.
1 AND I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.
2 And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a anoisome• and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image.
3 And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea; and it became as the blood of a dead man: and every living soul died in the sea.
4 And the third angel poured out his vial upon the rivers and fountains of waters; and they became blood.
5 And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast ajudged thus.
6 For they have ashed the bblood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are cworthy•.
7 And I heard another out of the altar say, Even so, Lord God Almighty, true and righteous are thy judgments.
8 And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.
9 And men were scorched with great heat, and ablasphemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues: and they repented not to give him glory.
10 And the fifth angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast; and his kingdom was full of adarkness; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
11 And blasphemed the God of heaven because of their apains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds.
12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.
13 And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the afalse prophet.
14 For they are the aspirits• of bdevils•, working cmiracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the dbattle• of that great day of God Almighty.
15 Behold, I come as a athief•. Blessed is he that bwatcheth•, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrew tongue aArmageddon•.
17 And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great aearthquake•, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, and so great.
19 And the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell: and great aBabylon came in remembrance before God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his bwrath.
20 And every island fled away, and the amountains• were not found.
21 And there fell upon men a great ahail• out of heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent: and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof was exceeding great.
CHAPTER 17
John is shown that Babylon the great, the mother of harlots and abominations, has become established throughout the earth.
1 AND there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the ajudgment• of the great bwhore that sitteth upon many cwaters•:
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the ainhabitants• of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her bfornication•.
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of anames of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand afull• of abominations and bfilthiness of her fornication:
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, aMYSTERY, bBABYLON THE GREAT, THE cMOTHER• OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the ablood• of the saints, and with the blood of the bmartyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great cadmiration•.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into aperdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the bbook• of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the amind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.
10 And there are seven akings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten ahorns• which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make awar• with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is bLord• of lords, and cKing• of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the awhore•, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and bburn• her with fire.
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and agive• their kingdom unto the beast, until the bwords• of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great acity•, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
CHAPTER 18
The saints are called out of Babylon lest they partake of her sins—She falls and is lamented by her supporters.
1 AND after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was alightened• with his glory.
2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, aBabylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the bhold• of every foul spirit, and a ccage• of every unclean and hateful bird.
3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her afornication•, and the kings of the earth have committed bfornication• with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the cabundance• of her delicacies.
4 And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, aCome• bout• of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her csins•, and that ye receive not of her plagues.
5 For her asins• have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
6 aReward• her even as she rewarded you, and double unto her double according to her works: in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double.
7 How much she hath glorified herself, and lived adeliciously•, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow.
8 Therefore shall her aplagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly bburned• with fire: for strong is the Lord God who cjudgeth her.
9 And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall abewail• her, and lament for her, when they shall see the bsmoke• of her burning,
10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her; for no man buyeth their merchandise any more:
12 The merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble,
13 And cinnamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, and horses, and chariots, and aslaves, and souls of men.
14 And the fruits that thy soul alusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.
15 The merchants of these things, which were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment, weeping and wailing,
16 And saying, Alas, alas, that great city, that was clothed in fine linen, and purple, and scarlet, and decked with gold, and precious stones, and pearls!
17 For in one hour so great riches is come to nought. And every shipmaster, and all the company in ships, and sailors, and as many as trade by sea, stood afar off,
18 And cried when they saw the smoke of her burning, saying, What city is like unto this great city!
19 And they cast adust• on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.
21 And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city aBabylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
22 And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
23 And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the avoice• of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy bsorceries were all nations deceived.
24 And in her was found the ablood• of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.
CHAPTER 19
The marriage supper of the Lamb is made ready—The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy—Christ is King of kings and Lord of lords.
1 AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:
2 For true and righteous are his ajudgments: for he hath bjudged• the great cwhore•, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
3 And again they said, Alleluia. And her asmoke• rose up for ever and ever.
4 And the four and twenty elders and the four abeasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.
5 And a voice came out of the throne, saying, Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that fear him, both small and great.
6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord aGod• bomnipotent reigneth.
7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the amarriage• of the bLamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
8 And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine alinen• is the brighteousness• of saints.
9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the amarriage• bsupper• of the cLamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
10 And I afell• at his feet to bworship him. And he said unto me, See thou do it not: I am thy cfellowservant•, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the dtestimony of Jesus is the spirit of eprophecy.
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth ajudge and make bwar.
12 His aeyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a bname• written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was aclothed• with a vesture dipped in blood: and his bname is called The cWord• of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, aclothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 aAnd• out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall brule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the cwinepress• of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, aKING OF KINGS, AND bLORD• OF LORDS.
17 And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven, Come and gather yourselves together unto the supper of the great God;
18 That ye may eat the flesh of kings, and the flesh of captains, and the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh of horses, and of them that sit on them, and the flesh of all amen•, both free and bond, both small and great.
19 And I saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies, gathered together to make war against him that sat on the horse, and against his army.
20 And the beast was taken, and with him the afalse prophet that wrought bmiracles before him, with which he cdeceived• them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a dlake• of efire• burning with brimstone.
21 And the remnant were slain awith• the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of his mouth: and all the fowls were filled with their flesh.
CHAPTER 20
Satan is bound during the Millennium—The saints shall then live and reign with Christ—The dead stand before God and are judged out of the books according to their works.
1 AND I saw an aangel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless bpit• and a great chain in his hand.
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old aserpent•, which is the bDevil, and Satan, and cbound• him a thousand years,
3 And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the anations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be bloosed• a little season.
4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and ajudgment• was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and breigned with Christ a cthousand years.
5 But the rest of the adead• lived not again until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
6 aBlessed• and holy is he that hath part in the bfirst• cresurrection: on such the dsecond death hath no power, but they shall be epriests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
7 And when the athousand years are expired, bSatan shall be loosed out of his prison,
8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, aGog• and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.
10 And the adevil• that deceived them was bcast• into the lake of cfire• and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the aearth• and the heaven fled away; and there was found no bplace• for them.
12 And I saw the adead•, small and great, bstand before God; and the cbooks• were opened: and another book was opened, which is the dbook of life: and the dead were ejudged• out of those things which were written in the books, according to their fworks.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and adeath• and bhell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
14 And adeath• and bhell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the csecond death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.
CHAPTER 21
Those who overcome shall be sons of God—The earth attains its celestial glory.
1 AND I saw a anew bheaven and a new cearth: for the first heaven and the first dearth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, anew bJerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a cbride• adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will adwell with them, and they shall be his people, and bGod• himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more adeath•, neither bsorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more cpain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things anew•. And he said unto me, bWrite: for these cwords• are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. aI am bAlpha• and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the cwater of life freely.
7 He that aovercometh• shall binherit call• things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my dson.
8 But the fearful, and aunbelieving, and the abominable, and bmurderers, and cwhoremongers, and dsorcerers, and idolaters, and all eliars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the fsecond gdeath.
9 And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last aplagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife.
10 And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high amountain•, and shewed me that great city, the holy bJerusalem•, descending out of heaven from God,
11 Having the aglory• of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal;
12 And had a wall great and high, and had twelve agates•, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
13 On the east three gates; on the north three gates; on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
15 And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the alength• is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand bfurlongs•. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal.
17 And he measured the wall thereof, an hundred and forty and four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of the angel.
18 And the building of the wall of it was of jasper: and the city was pure gold, like unto clear glass.
19 And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst.
21 And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure agold•, as it were transparent bglass.
22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God aAlmighty and the Lamb are the btemple of it.
23 And the city had no need of the asun•, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the bLamb is the clight thereof.
24 And the nations of them which are saved shall awalk in the light of it: and the bkings of the cearth• do bring their glory and honour into it.
25 And the agates• of it shall not be shut at all by day: for there shall be no night there.
26 And they shall bring the glory and honour of the nations into it.
27 And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that adefileth•, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s bbook of life.
CHAPTER 22
The saints shall reign in celestial splendor—Christ shall come and men shall be judged—Blessed are they who do his commandments.
1 AND he shewed me a pure river of awater• of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the atree• of blife, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the cleaves• of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
3 And there shall be no more acurse: but the bthrone• of God and of the cLamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him:
4 And they shall asee his bface•; and his cname• shall be in their foreheads.
5 And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the asun•; for the Lord God giveth them blight: and they shall creign• dfor• ever and ever.
6 And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and atrue•: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must bshortly• be done.
7 Behold, I acome• quickly: bblessed• is he that keepeth the csayings• of the prophecy of this book.
8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I afell• 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.
10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
11 He that is aunjust•, let him be bunjust• still: and he which is cfilthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still.
12 And, behold, I acome• quickly; and my breward is with me, to give every man according as his cwork• shall be.
13 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the afirst and the last.
14 Blessed are they that ado his bcommandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.
15 For without are dogs, and asorcerers, and bwhoremongers, and cmurderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a dlie.
16 I Jesus have sent mine aangel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am the broot• and the offspring of David, and the bright and morning cstar•.
17 And the Spirit and the bride say, aCome•. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the bwater of life freely.
18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall aadd• unto these things, God shall add unto him the bplagues that are written in this book:
19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the abook of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
20 He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I acome• quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
21 The agrace• of our bLord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.