The Apocalypse of Saint John
Saint John - Apocalypse - Text
In contrast to the other books of the Bible, The Apocalypse of John (Book of Revelation), has caused a great deal of discussion in reference to its content, which has also occurred in areas outside of the christian tradition and religion. In any case, this text is incredibly poetic and symbolic and definitely worth a read, even if this is not conducted through a Christian prism or for similar reasoning. This is why we thought its presentation on this webpage, which is dedicated to the island of Patmos, is vital. Needless to say, Patmos owes its international fame to this book itself.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 1
1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave
him to show unto his servants, even the things which must shortly
come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto
his servant John;
1:2who bare witness of the word of God, and
of the testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he
saw.
1:3Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words
of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein:
for the time is at hand.
1:4John to the seven churches that are
in Asia: Grace to you and peace, from him who is and who was
and who is to come; and from the seven Spirits that are before
his throne;
1:5and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the
earth. Unto him that loveth us, and loosed us from our sins by
his blood;
1:6and he made us to be a kingdom, to be priests unto
his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion for
ever and ever. Amen.
1:7Behold, he cometh with the clouds; and
every eye shall see him, and they that pierced him; and all the
tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
1:8I
am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, who is and who
was and who is to come, the Almighty.
1:9I John, your brother
and partaker with you in tribulation and kingdom and patience
which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for
the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
1:10I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice,
as of a trumpet
1:11saying, What thou seest, write in a book
and send it to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna,
and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
1:12 And I turned to see the
voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden
candlesticks;
1:13and in the midst of the candlesticks one like
unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and
girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle.
1:14 And his head
and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his
eyes were as a flame of fire;
1:15and his feet like unto burnished
brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice
as the voice of many waters.
1:16 And he had in his right hand
seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged
sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he
laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first
and the last,
1:18and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold,
I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of
Hades.
1:19Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and
the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass
hereafter;
1:20the 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
are seven churches.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 2
2 : 1To
the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These things saith
he that holdeth the seven stars in his right
hand, he that walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks:
2 : 2I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou
canst not bear evil men, and didst try them that call themselves
apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false;
2 : 3and
thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast
not grown weary.
2 : 4But I have this against thee, that thou didst
leave thy first love.
2 : 5Remember therefore whence thou art fallen,
and repent and do the first works; or else I come to thee, and
will move thy candlestick out of its place, except thou repent.
2 : 6But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the Nicolaitans,
which I also hate.
2 : 7He that hath an ear, let him hear what
the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to
him will I give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the Paradise
of God.
2 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These
things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived
again:
2 : 9I know thy tribulation, and thy poverty (but thou art
rich), and the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews, and
they art not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
2 : 10Fear not the
things which thou art about to suffer: behold, the devil is about
to cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye
shall have tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful unto death,
and I will give thee the crown of life.
2 : 11He that hath an ear,
let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. He that overcometh
shall not be hurt of the second death.
2 : 12and to the angel of
the church in Pergamum write: These things saith he that hath
the sharp two-edged sword:
2 : 13I know where thou dwellest, even
where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst
not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my
faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.
2 : 14But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there
some that hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast
a stumblingblock before the children of Israel, to eat things
sacrificed to idols, and to commit fornication.
2 : 15So hast thou
also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner.
2 : 16Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, and I will
make war against them with the sword of my mouth.
2 : 17He that
hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.
To him that overcometh, to him will I give of the hidden manna,
and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name
written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.
2 : 18 And
to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These things saith
the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his
feet are like unto burnished brass:
2 : 19I know thy works, and
thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last
works are more than the first.
2 : 20But I have this against thee,
that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, who calleth herself a
prophetess; and she teacheth and seduceth my servants to commit
fornication, and to eat things sacrificed to idols.
2 : 21 And I
gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to
repent of her fornication.
2 : 22Behold, I cast her into a bed,
and them that commit adultery with her into great tribulation,
except they repent of her works.
2 : 23 And I will kill her children
with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that
searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one
of you according to your works.
2 : 24But to you I say, to the
rest that are in Thyatira, as many as have not this teaching,
who know not the deep things of Satan, as they are wont to say;
I cast upon you none other burden.
2 : 25Nevertheless that which
ye have, hold fast till I come.
2 : 26 And he that overcometh, and
he that keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give authority
over the nations:
2 : 27and he shall rule them with a rod of iron,
as the vessels of the potter are broken to shivers; as I also
have received of my Father:
2 : 28and I will give him the morning
star.
2 : 29He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
to the churches.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 3
3 : 1 And to the angel of the church in Sardis write:
These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and
the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that
thou livest, and thou art dead.
3 : 2Be thou watchful, and establish
the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found
no works of thine perfected before my God.
3 : 3Remember therefore
how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent.
If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and
thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
3 : 4But thou
hast a few names in Sardis that did not defile their garments:
and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy.
3 : 5He
that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and
I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and
I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
3 : 6He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to
the churches.
3 : 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 key of David, he that openeth and none shall shut,
and that shutteth and none openeth:
3 : 8I know thy works (behold,
I have set before thee a door opened, which none can shut), that
thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not
deny my name.
3 : 9Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of
them that say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold,
I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to
know that I have loved thee.
3 : 10Because thou didst keep the
word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of trial,
that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them
that dwell upon the earth.
3 : 11I come quickly: hold fast that
which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.
3 : 12He that overcometh,
I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall
go out thence no more: and I will write upon him the name of
my God, and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,
which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new
name.
3 : 13He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith
to the churches.
3 : 14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea
write: These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness,
the beginning of the creation of God:
3 : 15I know thy works, that
thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.
3 : 16So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I
will spew thee out of my mouth.
3 : 17Because thou sayest, I am
rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest
not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and
blind and naked:
3 : 18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold refined
by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that
thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy nakedness
be not made manifest; and eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, that
thou mayest see.
3 : 19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten:
be zealous therefore, and repent.
3 : 20Behold, I stand at the
door and knock: if any man hear my voice and open the door, I
will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
3 : 21He
that overcometh, I will give to him to sit down with me in my
throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his
throne.
3 : 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit
saith to the churches.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 4
4 : 1After these things I saw, and behold, a door
opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as
of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and
I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
4 : 2Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne
set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;
4 : 3and he that
sat was to look upon like a jasper stone and a sardius: and there
was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look
upon.
4 : 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones:
and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, arrayed
in white garments; and on their heads crowns of gold.
4 : 5 And
out of the throne proceed lightnings and voices and thunders.
And there was seven lamps of fire burning before the throne,
which are the seven Spirits of God;
4 : 6and before the throne,
as it were a sea of glass like a crystal; and in the midst of
the throne, and round about the throne, four living creatures
full of eyes before and behind.
4 : 7 And the first creature was
like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third
creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was
like a flying eagle.
4 : 8and the four living creatures, having
each one of them six wings, are full of eyes round about and
within: and they have no rest day and night, saying,Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and
who is and who is to come.
4 : 9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honor
and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that liveth
for ever and ever,
4 : 10the four and twenty elders shall fall
down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship
him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns
before the throne, saying,
4 : 11Worthy art thou, our Lord and our God, to receive the glory
and the honor and the power: for thou didst create all things,
and because of thy will they were, and were created.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 5
5 : 1 And
I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book
written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.
5 : 2 And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a great voice,
Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof?
5 : 3 And no one in the heaven, or on the earth, or under the
earth, was able to open the book, or to look thereon.
5 : 4 And
I wept much, because no one was found worthy to open the book,
or to look thereon:
5 : 5and one of the elders saith unto me,
Weep not; behold, the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah, the
Root of David, hath overcome to open the book and the seven
seals thereof.
5 : 6 And I saw in the midst of the throne and
of the four living creatures, and in the midst of the elders,
a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven
horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God,
sent forth into all the earth.
5 : 7 And he came, and he taketh
it out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.
5 : 8 And
when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the
four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having each
one a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the
prayers of the saints.
5 : 9 And they sing a new song, saying, Worthy art thou to take the book, and to open the seals thereof:
for thou was slain, and didst purchase unto God with thy blood
men of every tribe, and tongue, and people, and nation,
5 : 10and
madest them to be unto our God a kingdom and priests; and they
reign upon earth.
5 : 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about
the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number
of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of
thousands;
5 : 12saying with a great voice, Worthy is the Lamb that hath been slain to receive the power,
and riches, and wisdom, and might and honor, and glory, and blessing.
5 : 13 And every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the
earth, and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things are
in them, heard I saying,Unto him that sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb, be the
blessing, and the honor, and the glory, and the dominion, for
ever and ever.
5 : 14 And the four living creatures said, Amen. And the elders
fell down and worshipped.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 6
6 : 1 And
I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard
one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of
thunder, Come.
6 : 2 And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and
he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him
a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.
6 : 3 And
when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature
saying, Come.
6 : 4 And another horse came forth, a red horse:
and to him that sat thereon it was given to take peace from
the earth, and that they should slay one another: and there
was given unto him a great sword.
6 : 5 And when he opened the
third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, Come.
And I saw, and behold, a black horse; and he that sat thereon
had a balance in his hand.
6 : 6 And I heard as it were a voice
in the midst of the four living creatures saying, A measure
of wheat for a shilling, and three measures of barley for a
shilling; and the oil and the wine hurt thou not.
6 : 7 And when
he opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth
living creature saying, Come.
6 : 8 And I saw, and behold, a pale
horse: and he that sat upon him, his name was Death; and Hades
followed with him. And there was given unto them authority
over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and
with famine, and with death, and by the wild beasts of the
earth.
6 : 9 And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath
the altar the souls of them that had been slain for the word
of God, and for the testimony which they held:
6 : 10and they
cried with a great voice, saying, How long, O Master, the holy
and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them
that dwell on the earth?
6 : 11 And there was given them to each
one a white robe; and it was said unto them, that they should
rest yet for a little time, until their fellow-servants also
and their brethren, who should be killed even as they were,
should have fulfilled their course.
6 : 12 And I saw when he opened
the sixth seal, and there was a great earthquake; and the sun
became black as sackcloth of hair, and the whole moon became
as blood;
6 : 13and the stars of the heaven fell unto the earth,
as a fig tree casteth her unripe figs when she is shaken of
a great wind.
6 : 14 And the heaven was removed as a scroll when
it is rolled up; and every mountain and island were moved out
of their places.
6 : 15 And the kings of the earth, and the princes,
and the chief captains, and the rich, and the strong, and every
bondman and freeman, hid themselves in the caves and in the
rocks of the mountains;
6 : 16and they say to the mountains and
to the rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him
that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb:
6 : 17for the great day of their wrath is come; and who is able
to stand?
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 7
7 : 1After
his I saw four angels standing at the four corners of the earth,
holding the four winds of the earth, that no wind should blow
on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree.
7 : 2 And I saw
another angel ascend from the sunrising, having the seal of
the living God: and he cried with a great voice to the four
angels to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea,
7 : 3saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees,
till we shall have sealed the servants of our God on their
foreheads.
7 : 4 And I heard the number of them that were sealed,
a hundred and forty and four thousand, sealed out of every
tribe of the children of Israel:
7 : 5Of
the tribe of Judah were sealed twelve thousand: Of
the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Gad twelve thousand;
7 : 6Of
the tribe of Asher twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand;
7 : 7Of
the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Levi twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand;
7 : 8Of
the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand; Of
the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand; Of the tribe of Benjamin
were sealed twelve thousand.
7 : 9After these things I saw, and
behold, a great multitude, which no man could number, out of
every nation and of all tribes
and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before
the Lamb, arrayed in white robes, and palms in their hands;
7 : 10and
they cry with a great voice, saying, Salvation unto our God who
sitteth on the throne, and unto the Lamb.
7 : 11 And
all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about
the elders and the four living creatures; and they
fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
7 : 12
saying, Amen:
Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor,
and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever.
Amen.
7 : 13 And one
of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed
in white robes, who are they, and whence came they?
7 : 14 And I say unto him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to
me, These are they that come of the great tribulation, and they
washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
7 : 15Therefore are they before the throne of God; and they serve
him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne
shall spread his tabernacle over them.
7 : 16They shall hunger
no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun strike
upon them, nor any heat:
7 : 17for the Lamb that is in the midst
of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them unto
fountains of waters of life: and God shall wipe away every tear
from their eyes.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 8
8 : 1 And
when he opened the seventh seal, there followed a silence in
heaven about the space of half an hour.
8 : 2 And I saw the seven
angels that stand before God; and there were given unto them
seven trumpets.
8 : 3 And another angel came and stood over the
altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him
much incense, that he should add it unto the prayers of all
the saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
8 : 4 And the smoke of the incense, with the prayers of the saints,
went up before God out of the angel's hand.
8 : 5 And the angel
taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire of the altar,
and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunders, and
voices, and lightnings, and an earthquake.
8 : 6 And the seven
angels that had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.
8 : 7 And the first sounded, and there followed hail and fire,
mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and
the third part of the earth was burnt up, and the third part
of the trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up.
8 : 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 blood;
8 : 9and there died the third part of
the creatures which were in the sea, even they that had life;
and the third part of the ships was destroyed.
8 : 10 And the
third angel sounded, and there fell from heaven a great star,
burning as a torch, and it fell upon the third part of the
rivers, and upon the fountains of the waters;
8 : 11and 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.
8 : 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; that the third part
of them should be darkened, and the day should not shine for
the third part of it, and the night in like manner.
8 : 13 And
I saw, and I heard an eagle, flying in mid heaven, saying with
a great voice, Woe, woe, woe, for them that dwell on the earth,
by reason of the other voices of the trumpet of the three angels,
who are yet to sound
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 9
9 : 1 And
the fifth angel sounded, and I saw a star from heaven fallen
unto the earth: and there was given to him the key of the pit
of the abyss.
9 : 2 And he opened the pit of the abyss; and there
went up 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.
9 : 3 And out of the smoke came forth locusts upon
the earth; and power was given them, as the scorpions of the
earth have power.
9 : 4 And it was said unto them that they should
not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither
any tree, but only such men as have not the seal of God on
their foreheads.
9 : 5 And it was given them 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 it
striketh a man.
9 : 6 And in those days men shall seek death,
and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die,
and death fleeth from them.
9 : 7 And the shapes of the locusts
were like unto horses prepared for war; and upon their heads
as it were crowns like unto gold, and their faces were as men's
faces.
9 : 8 And they had hair as the hair of women, and their
teeth were as teeth of lions.
9 : 9 And they had breastplates,
as it were breastplates of iron; and the sound of their wings
was as the sound of chariots, of many horses rushing to war.
9 : 10 And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and
in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
9 : 11They
have over them as king the angel of the abyss: his name in
Hebrew is Abaddon, and in the Greek tongue he hath the name
Apollyon.
9 : 12The first Woe is past: behold, there come yet
two Woes hereafter.
9 : 13 And the sixth angel sounded, and I
heard a voice from the horns of the golden altar which is before
God,
9 : 14one saying to the sixth angel that had one trumpet,
Loose the four angels that are bound at the great river Euphrates.
9 : 15 And the four angels were loosed, that had been prepared
for the hour and day and month and year, that they should kill
the third part of men.
9 : 16 And the number of the armies of
the horsemen was twice ten thousand times ten thousand: I heard
the number of them.
9 : 17 And thus I saw the horses in the vision,
and them that sat on them, having breastplates as of fire and
of hyacinth and of brimstone: and the heads of lions; and out
of their mouths proceedeth fire and smoke and brimstone.
9 : 18By
these three plagues was the third part of men killed, by the
fire and the smoke and the brimstone, which proceeded out of
their mouths.
9 : 19For the power of the horses is in their mouth,
and in their tails: for their tails are like unto serpents,
and have heads; and with them they hurt.
9 : 20 And the rest of
mankind, who were not killed with these plagues, repented not
of the works of their hands, that they should not worship demons,
and the idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of
stone, and of wood; which can neither see, nor hear, nor walk:
9 : 21and they repented not of their murders, nor of their sorceries,
nor of their fornication, nor of their thefts.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 10
10:1 And
I saw another strong angel coming down out of heaven, arrayed
with a cloud; and the rainbow was upon his head, and his face
was as the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire;
10:2and he
had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot
upon the sea, and his left upon the earth;
10:3and he cried
with a great voice, as a lion roareth: and when he cried, the
seven thunders uttered their voices.
10:4 And when the seven
thunders uttered their voices, I was about to write: and I
heard a voice from heaven saying, Seal up the things which
the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
10:5 And the
angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted
up his right hand to heaven,
10:6and sware by him that liveth
for ever and ever, who created the heaven and the things that
are therein, and the earth and the things that are therein,
and the sea and the things that are therein, that there shall
be delay no longer:
10:7but in the days of the voice of the
seventh angel, when he is about to sound, then is finished
they mystery of God, according to the good tidings which he
declared to his servants the prophets.
10:8 And the voice which
I heard from heaven, I heard it again speaking with me, and
saying, Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the
angel that standeth upon the sea and upon the earth.
10:9 And
I went unto the angel, saying unto him that he should give
me the little book. And he saith unto me, Take it, and eat
it up; and it shall make thy belly bitter, but in thy mouth
it shall be sweet as honey.
10:10 And I took the little book
out of the angel's hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth
sweet as honey: and when I had eaten it, my belly was made
bitter.
10:11 And they say unto me, Thou must prophesy again
over many peoples and nations and tongues and kings.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 11
11 :1 And
there was given me a reed like unto a rod: and one said, Rise,
and measure the temple of God, and the altar, and them that
worship therein.
11 :2 And the court which is without the temple
leave without, and measure it not; for it hath been given unto
the nations: and the holy city shall they tread under foot
forty and two months.
11 :3 And I will give unto my two witnesses,
and they shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore
days, clothed in sackcloth.
11 :4These are the two olive trees
and the two candlesticks, standing before the Lord of the earth.
11 :5 And if any man desireth to hurt them, fire proceedeth out
of their mouth and devoureth their enemies; and if any man
shall desire to hurt them, in this manner must he be killed.
11 :6These have the power to shut the heaven, that it rain not
during the days of their prophecy: and they have power over
the waters to turn them into blood, and to smite the earth
with every plague, as often as they shall desire.
11 :7 And when
they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that cometh
up out of the abyss shall make war with them, and overcome
them, and kill them.
11 :8 And their dead bodies lie in the street
of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt,
where also their Lord was crucified.
11 :9 And from among the
peoples and tribes and tongues and nations do men look upon
their dead bodies three days and a half, and suffer not their
dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.
11 :10 And they that dwell
on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall
send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented
them that dwell on the earth.
11 :11 And after the three days
and a half the breath of life from God entered into them, and
they stood upon their feet; and great fear fell upon them that
beheld them.
11 :12 And they heard a great voice from heaven
saying unto them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven
in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
11 :13 And in that
hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the
city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand
persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the
God of heaven.
11 :14The second Woe is past: behold, the third
Woe cometh quickly.
11 :15 And the seventh angel sounded; and
there followed great voices in heaven, and they said,The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord,
and of his Christ: and he shall reign for ever and ever.
11 :16 And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their
thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,
11 :17saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who art and who
wast; because thou hast taken thy great power, and didst reign.
11 :18 And the nations were wroth, and thy wrath came, and the
time of the dead to be judged, and the time to give their reward
to thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and to them
that fear thy name, the small and the great; and to destroy them
that destroy the earth.
11 :19 And there was opened the temple of God that is in heaven;
and there was seen in his temple the ark of his covenant; and
there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and an earthquake,
and great hail.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 12
12 : 1 And
a great sign was seen in heaven: a woman arrayed with the sun,
and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve
stars;
12 : 2and she was the child; and she crieth out, travailing
in birth, and in pain to be delivered.
12 : 3 And there was seen
another sign in heaven: and behold, a great red dragon, having
seven heads and ten horns, and upon his heads seven diadems.
12 : 4 And his tail draweth the third part of the stars of heaven,
and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon standeth before
the woman that is about to be delivered, that when she is delivered
he may devour her child.
12 : 5 And she was delivered of a son,
a man child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron:
and her child was caught up unto God, and unto his throne.
12 : 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath
a place prepared of God, that there they may nourish her a
thousand two hundred and threescore days.
12 : 7 And there was
war in heaven: Michael and his angels going forth to war with
the dragon; and the dragon warred and his angels;
12 : 8 And they
prevailed not, neither was their place found any more in heaven.
12 : 9 And the great dragon was cast down, the old serpent, he
that is called the Devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole
world; he was cast down to the earth, and his angels were cast
down with him.
12 : 10 And I heard a great voice in heaven, saying,
Now is come the salvation, and the power, and the kingdom of
our God, and the authority of his Christ: for the accuser of
our brethren is cast down, who accuseth them before our God day
and night.
12 : 11 And they overcame him because of the blood of
the Lamb, and because of the word of their testimony; and they
loved not their life even unto death.
12 : 12Therefore rejoice,
O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for
the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great
wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
12 : 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth,
he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child.
12 : 14 And
there were given to the woman the two wings of the great eagle,
that she might fly into the wilderness unto her place, where
she is nourished for a time, and times, and half a time, from
the face of the serpent.
12 : 15 And the serpent cast out of his
mouth after the woman water as a river, that he might cause her
to be carried away by the stream.
12 : 16 And the earth helped the
woman, and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the river
which the dragon cast out of his mouth.
12 : 17 And the dragon waxed
wroth with the woman, and went away to make war with the rest
of her seed, that keep the commandments of God, and hold the
testimony of Jesus
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 13
13 : 1and he stood upon the sand of the sea. And
I saw a beast coming up out of the sea, having ten horns, and
seven heads, and on his horns ten diadems, and upon his heads
names of blasphemy.
13 : 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 power, and
his throne, and great authority.
13 : 3 And I saw one of his heads
as though it had been smitten unto death; and his death-stroke
was healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast;
13 : 4and
they worshipped the dragon, because he gave his authority unto
the beast; and they worshipped the beast, saying, Who is like
unto the beast? And who is able to war with him?
13 : 5and there
was given to him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies;
and there was given to him authority to continue forty and two
months.
13 : 6 And he opened his mouth for blasphemies against God,
to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, even them that dwell
in the heaven.
13 : 7 And it was given unto him to make war with
the saints, and to overcome them: and there was given to him
authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.
13 : 8 And all that dwell on the earth shall worship him, every
one whose name hath not been written from the foundation of the
world in the book of life of the Lamb that hath been slain.
13 : 9If
any man hath an ear, let him hear.
13 : 10If any man is for captivity,
into captivity he goeth: if any man shall kill with the sword,
with the sword must he be killed. Here is the patience and the
faith of the saints.
13 : 11 And I saw another beast coming up out
of the earth; and he had two horns like unto lamb, and he spake
as a dragon.
13 : 12 And he exerciseth all the authority of the
first beast in his sight. And he maketh the earth and them dwell
therein to worship the first beast, whose death-stroke was healed.
13 : 13 And he doeth great signs, that he should even make fire
to come down out of heaven upon the earth in the sight of men.
13 : 14 And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason
of the signs which it was given him 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 who hath the stroke of the sword and
lived.
13 : 15 And it was given unto him to give breath to it, even
to the image to the breast, that the image of the beast should
both speak, and cause that as many as should not worship the
image of the beast should be killed.
13 : 16 And he causeth all,
the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free
and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right
hand, or upon their forehead;
13 : 17and that no man should be
able to buy or to sell, save he that hath the mark, even the
name of the beast or the number of his name.
13 : 18Here is wisdom.
He that hath understanding, let him count the number of the beast;
for it is the number of a man: and his number is Six hundred
and sixty and six.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 14
14 : 1 And I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on
the mount Zion, and with him a hundred and forty and four thousand,
having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their
foreheads.
14 : 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice
of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and the
voice which I heard was as the voice of harpers harping with
their harps:
14 : 3and they sing as it were a new song before the
throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders:
and no man could learn the song save the hundred and forty and
four thousand, even they that had been purchased out of the earth.
14 : 4These are they that were not defiled with women; for they
are virgins. These are they that follow the Lamb whithersoever
he goeth. These were purchased from among men, to be the firstfruits
unto God and unto the Lamb.
14 : 5 And in their mouth was found
no lie: they are without blemish.
14 : 6 And I saw another angel
flying in mid heaven, having eternal good tidings to proclaim
unto them that dwell on the earth, and unto every nation and
tribe and tongue and people;
14 : 7and he saith with a great voice,
Fear God, and give him glory; for the hour of his judgment is
come: and worship him that made the heaven and the earth and
sea and fountains of waters.
14 : 8 And another, a second angel,
followed, saying, Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, that hath
made all the nations to drink of the wine of the wrath of her
fornication.
14 : 9 And another angel, a third, followed them, saying
with a great voice, If any man worshippeth the beast and his
image, and receiveth a mark on his forehead, or upon his hand,
14 : 10he also shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which
is prepared unmixed in the cup of his anger; and he shall be
tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy
angels, and in the presence of the Lamb:
14 : 11and the smoke of
their torment goeth up for ever and ever; and they have no rest
day and night, they that worship the beast and his image, and
whoso receiveth the mark of his name.
14 : 12Here is the patience
of the saints, they that keep the commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.
14 : 13 And I heard the voice from heaven saying,
Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth:
yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors;
for their works follow with them.
14 : 14 And I saw, and behold,
a white cloud; and on the cloud I saw one sitting like unto a
son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand
sharp sickle.
14 : 15 And another angel came out from the temple,
crying with a great voice to him that sat on the cloud, Send
forth thy sickle, and reap: for the hour to reap is come; for
the harvest of the earth is ripe.
14 : 16 And he that sat on the
cloud cast his sickle upon the earth; and the earth was reaped.
14 : 17Another angel came out from the temple which is in heaven,
he also having a sharp sickle.
14 : 18 And another angel came out
from the altar, he that hath power over fire; and he called with
a great voice to him that had the sharp sickle, saying, Send
forth thy sharp sickle, and gather the clusters of the vine of
the earth; for her grapes are fully ripe.
14 : 19 And the angel
cast his sickle into the earth, and gathered the vintage of the
earth, and cast it into the winepress, the great winepress, of
the wrath of God.
14 : 20 And the winepress are trodden without
the city, and there came out blood from the winepress, even unto
the bridles of the horses, as far as a thousand and six hundred
furlongs.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 15
15 : 1 And
I saw another sign in heaven, great and marvellous, seven angels
having seven plagues, which are the last, for in them is finished
the wrath of God.
15 : 2 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled
with fire; and them that come off victorious from the beast,
and from his image, and from the number of his name, standing
by the sea of glass, having harps of God.
15 : 3 And they sing
the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb,
saying,
Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty;
righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages.
15 : 4Who
shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art
holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee;
for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.
15 : 5 And after these things I saw, and the temple of the tabernacle
of the testimony in heaven was opened:
15 : 6and there came out
from the temple the seven angels that had the seven plagues,
arrayed with precious stone, pure and bright, and girt about
their breasts with golden girdles.
15 : 7 And one of the four living
creatures gave unto the seven angels seven golden bowls full
of the wrath of God, who liveth for ever and ever.
15 : 8 And the
temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from
his power; and none was able to enter into the temple, till the
seven plagues of the seven angels should be finished.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 16
16 : 1 And I heard a great voice out of the temple,
saying to the seven angels, Go ye, and pour out the seven bowls
of the wrath of God into the earth.
16 : 2 And the first went, and
poured out his bowl into the earth; and it became a noisome and
grievous sore upon the men that had the mark of the beast, and
that worshipped his image.
16 : 3 And the second poured out his
bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and
every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.
16 : 4 And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the
fountains of the waters; and it became blood.
16 : 5 And I heard
the angel of the waters saying, Righteous art thou, who art and
who wast, thou Holy One, because thou didst thus judge:
16 : 6for
they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and
blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.
16 : 7 And
I heard the altar saying, Yea, O Lord God, the Almighty, true
and righteous are thy judgments.
16 : 8 And the fourth poured out
his bowl upon the sun; and it was given unto it to scorch men
with fire.
16 : 9 And men were scorched men with great heat: and
they blasphemed the name of God who hath the power over these
plagues; and they repented not to give him glory.
16 : 10 And the
fifth poured out his bowl upon the throne of the beast; and his
kingdom was darkened; and they gnawed their tongues for pain,
16 : 11and they blasphemed the God of heaven because of their pains
and their sores; and they repented not of their works.
16 : 12 And
the sixth poured out his bowl upon the great river, the river
Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way might
by made ready for the kings that come from the sunrising.
16 : 13 And
I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth
of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three
unclean spirits, as it were frogs:
16 : 14for they are spirits
of demons, working signs; which go forth unto the kings of the
whole world, to gather them together unto the war of the great
day of God, the Almighty.
16 : 15(Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed
is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walked
naked, and they see his shame.)
16 : 16 And they gathered them together
into the place which is called in Hebrew Har-magedon.
16 : 17 And
the seventh poured out his bowl upon the air; and there came
forth a great voice out of the temple, from the throne, saying,
It is done:
16 : 18and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunders;
and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since there
were men upon the earth, so great an earthquake, so mighty.
16 : 19 And
the great city was divided into three parts, and the cities of
the nations fell: and Babylon the great was remembered in the
sight of God, to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness
of his wrath.
16 : 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains
were not found.
16 : 21 And great hail, every stone about the weight
of a talent, cometh down out of heaven upon men: and men blasphemed
God because of the plague of the hail; for the plague thereof
is exceeding great.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 17
17 : 1 And
there came one of the seven angels that had the seven bowls,
and spake with me, saying, Come hither, I will show thee the
judgment of the great harlot that sitteth upon many waters;
17 : 2with whom the kings of the earth committed fornication,
and they that dwell in the earth were made drunken with the
wine of her fornication.
17 : 3 And he carried me away in the
Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a
scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven
heads and ten horns.
17 : 4 And the woman was arrayed in purple
and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearls,
having in her hand a golden cup full of abominations, even
the unclean things of her fornication,
17 : 5and upon her forehead
a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF THE
HARLOTS AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
17 : 6 And I saw
the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the
blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I wondered
with a great wonder.
17 : 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore
didst thou wonder? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman,
and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads
and the ten horns.
17 : 8The beast that thou sawest was, and
is not; and is about to come up out of the abyss, and to go
into perdition. And they that dwell on the earth shall wonder,
they whose name hath not been written in the book of life from
the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast, how
that he was, and is not, and shall come.
17 : 9Here is the mind
that hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which
the woman sitteth:
17 : 10and they are seven kings; the five
are fallen, the one is, the other is not yet come; and when
he cometh, he must continue a little while.
17 : 11 And the beast
that was, and is not, is himself also an eighth, and is of
the seven; and he goeth into perdition.
17 : 12 And the ten horns
that thou sawest are ten kings, who have received no kingdom
as yet; but they receive authority as kings, with the beast,
for one hour.
17 : 13These have one mind, and they give their
power and authority unto the beast.
17 : 14These shall war against
the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them, for he is Lord
of lords, and King of kings; and they also shall overcome that
are with him, called and chosen and faithful.
17 : 15 And he saith
unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the harlot sitteth,
are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.
17 : 16 And
the ten horns which thou sawest, and the beast, these shall
hate the harlot, and shall make her desolate and naked, and
shall eat her flesh, and shall burn her utterly with fire.
17 : 17For God did put in their hearts to do his mind, and to
come to one mind, and to give their kingdom unto the beast,
until the words of God should be accomplished.
17 : 18 And the
woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over
the kings of the earth.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 18
18 : 1After
these things I saw another angel coming down out of heaven,
having great authority; and the earth was lightened with his
glory.
18 : 2 And he cried with a mighty voice, saying, Fallen,
fallen is Babylon the great, and is become a habitation of
demons, and a hold of every unclean spirit, and a hold of every
unclean and hateful bird.
18 : 3For by the wine of the wrath
of her fornication all the nations are fallen; and the kings
of the earth committed fornication with her, and the merchants
of the earth waxed rich by the power of her wantonness.
18 : 4 And
I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come forth, my people,
out of her, that ye have no fellowship with her sins, and that
ye receive not of her plagues:
18 : 5for her sins have reached
even unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities.
18 : 6Render
unto her even as she rendered, and double unto her the double
according to her works: in the cup which she mingled, mingle
unto her double.
18 : 7How much soever she glorified herself,
and waxed wanton, so much give her of torment and mourning:
for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and am no widow,
and shall in no wise see mourning.
18 : 8Therefore in one day
shall her plagues come, death, and mourning, and famine; and
she shall be utterly burned with fire; for strong is the Lord
God who judged her.
18 : 9 And the kings of the earth, who committed
fornication and lived wantonly with her, shall weep and wail
over her, when they look upon the smoke of her burning,
18 : 10standing
afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Woe, woe, the
great city, Babylon, the strong city! for in one hour is thy
judgment come.
18 : 11 And the merchants of the earth weep and
mourn over her, for no man buyeth their merchandise any more;
18 : 12merchandise of gold, and silver, and precious stone, and
pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet;
and all thyine wood, and every vessel of ivory, and every vessel
made of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble;
18 : 13and cinnamon, and spice, and incense, and ointment, and
frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat,
and cattle, and sheep; and merchandise of horses and chariots
and slaves; and souls of men.
18 : 14 And the fruits which thy
soul lusted after are gone from thee, and all things that were
dainty and sumptuous are perished from thee, and men shall
find them no more at all.
18 : 15 The merchants of these things,
who were made rich by her, shall stand afar off for the fear
of her torment, weeping and mourning;
18 : 16 saying, Woe, woe,
the great city, she that was arrayed in fine linen and purple
and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stone and pearl!
18 : 17 for in an hour so great riches is made desolate. And every
shipmaster, and every one that saileth any wither, and mariners,
and as many as gain their living by sea, stood afar off,
18 : 18 And
cried out as they looked upon the smoke of her burning, saying,
What city is like the great city?
18 : 19 And they cast dust on
their heads, and cried, weeping and mourning, saying, Woe,
woe, the great city, wherein all that had their ships in the
sea were made rich by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
18 : 20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven,
and ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets; for God hath
judged your judgment on her.
18 : 21 And a strong angel took up
a stone as it were a great millstone and cast it into the sea,
saying, Thus with a mighty fall shall Babylon, the great city,
be cast down, and shall be found no more at all.
18 : 22 And the
voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters
shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of
whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and
the voice of a mill shall be heard no more at all in thee;
18 : 23and the light of a lamp shall shine no more at all in
thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall
be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the
princes of the earth; for with thy sorcery were all the nations
deceived.
18 : 24 And in her was found the blood of prophets and
of saints, and of all that have been slain upon the earth.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 19
19 : 1After
these things I heard as it were a great voice of a great multitude
in heaven, saying, Hallelujah; Salvation, and glory, and power, belong to our God:
19 : 2for true and righteous are his judgments; for he hath judged
the great harlot, her that corrupted the earth with her fornication,
and he hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
19 : 3 And a second time they say, Hallelujah. And her smoke goeth
up for ever and ever.
19 : 4 And the four and twenty elders and
the four living creatures fell down and worshipped God that sitteth
on the throne, saying, Amen; Hallelujah.
19 : 5 And a voice came
forth from the throne, saying,Give praise to our God, all ye his servants, ye that fear him,
the small and the great.
19 : 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 thunders,
saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.
19 : 7Let
us rejoice and be exceeding glad, and let us give the glory unto
him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath
made herself ready.
19 : 8 And it was given unto her that she should
array herself in fine linen, bright and pure: for the fine linen
is the righteous acts of the saints.
19 : 9 And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they that are bidden
to the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These
are true words of God.
19 : 10 And I fell down before his feet to
worship him. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a
fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren that hold the
testimony of Jesus: worship God; for the testimony of Jesus is
the spirit of prophecy.
19 : 11 And I saw the heaven opened; and
behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon called Faithful
and True; and in righteous he doth judge and make war.
19 : 12 And
his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head are many diadems;
and he hath a name written which no one knoweth but he himself.
19 : 13 And he is arrayed in a garment sprinkled with blood: and
his name is called The Word of God.
19 : 14 And the armies which
are in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine
linen, white and pure.
19 : 15 And out of his mouth proceedeth a
sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he
shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress
of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
19 : 16 And
he hath on his garment and on his thigh a name written, KINGS
OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
19 : 17 And I saw an angel standing
in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the
birds that fly in mid heaven, Come and be gathered together unto
the great supper of God;
19 : 18that 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 thereon, and the flesh of
all men, both free and bond, and small and great.
19 : 19 And I
saw the beast, and the kings of the earth, and their armies,
gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse,
and against his army.
19 : 20 And the beast was taken, and with
him the false prophet that wrought the signs in his sight, wherewith
he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast and
them that worshipped his image: they two were cast alive into
the lake of fire that burneth with brimstone:
19 : 21and the rest were killed with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, even
the sword which came forth out of his mouth: and all the birds
were filled with their flesh.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 20
20 : 1 And
I saw an angel coming down out of heaven, having the key of
the abyss and a great chain in his hand.
20 : 2 And he laid hold
on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan,
and bound him for a thousand years,
20 : 3and cast him into the
abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should
deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should
be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.
20 : 4 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, and judgment
was given unto them: and I saw the souls of them that had been
beheaded for the testimony of Jesus, and for the word of God,
and such as worshipped not the beast, neither his image, and
received not the mark upon their forehead and upon their hand;
and they lived, and reigned with Christ a thousand years.
20 : 5The
rest of the dead lived not until the thousand years should
be finished. This is the first resurrection.
20 : 6Blessed and
holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: over these
the second death hath no power; but they shall be priests of
God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.
20 : 7 And when the thousand years are finished, Satan shall be
loosed out of his prison,
20 : 8and shall come forth to deceive
the nations which are in the four corners of the earth, Gog
and Magog, to gather them together to the war: the number of
whom is as the sand of the sea.
20 : 9 And they went up over the
breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints
about, and the beloved city: and fire came down out of heaven,
and devoured them.
20 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was
cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the
beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day
and night for ever and ever.
20 : 11 And I saw a great white throne,
and him that sat upon it, from whose face the earth and the
heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
20 : 12 And
I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the
throne; and books were opened: and another book was opened,
which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of
the things which were written in the books, according to their
works.
20 : 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and
death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they
were judged every man according to their works.
20 : 14 And death
and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second
death, even the lake of fire.
20 : 15 And if any was not found
written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 21
21 : 1 And
I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and
the first earth are passed away; and the sea is no more.
21 : 2 And
I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven
of God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband.
21 : 3 And
I heard a great voice out of the throne saying, Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall dwell with them,
and they shall be his peoples, and God himself shall be with
them, and be their God:
21 : 4and he shall wipe away every tear
from their eyes; and death shall be no more; neither shall
there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain, any more: the first
things are passed away.
21 : 5 And he that sitteth on the throne
said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for
these words are faithful and true.
21 : 6 And he said unto me,
They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning
and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain
of the water of life freely.
21 : 7He that overcometh shall inherit
these things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
21 : 8But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and
murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and
all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with
fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
21 : 9 And there
came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls, who were
laden with the seven last plagues; and he spake with me, saying,
Come hither, I will show thee the bride, the wife of the Lamb.
21 : 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great
and high, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down
out of heaven from God,
21 : 11having the glory of God: her light
was like unto a stone most precious, as it were a jasper stone,
clear as crystal:
21 : 12having a wall great and high; having
twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels; and names written
thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children
of Israel:
21 : 13on the east were three gates; and on the north
three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west
three gates.
21 : 14 And the wall of the city had twelve foundations,
and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
21 : 15 And he that spake with me had for a measure a golden reed
to measure the city, and the gates thereof, and the wall thereof.
21 : 16 And the city lieth foursquare, and the length thereof
is as great as the breadth: and he measured the city with the
reed, twelve thousand furlongs: the length and the breadth
and the height thereof are equal.
21 : 17 And he measured the
wall thereof, a hundred and forty and four cubits, according
to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel.
21 : 18 And the
building of the wall thereof was jasper: and the city was pure
gold, like unto pure glass.
21 : 19The foundations of the wall
of the city were adorned with all manner of precious stones.
The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
21 : 20the fifth, sardonyx;
the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl;
the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the eleventh, jacinth;
the twelfth, amethyst.
21 : 21 And the twelve gates were twelve
pearls; each one of the several gates was of one pearl: and
the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent
glass.
21 : 22 And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God the
Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple thereof.
21 : 23 And the
city hath no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine
upon it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the lamp
thereof is the Lamb.
21 : 24 And the nations shall walk amidst
the light thereof: and the kings of the earth bring their glory
into it.
21 : 25 And the gates thereof shall in no wise be shut
by day (for there shall be no night there):
21 : 26and they shall
bring the glory and the honor of the nations into it:
21 : 27and
there shall in no wise enter into it anything unclean, or he
that maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they that are
written in the Lamb's book of life.
THE APOCALYPSE OF SAINT JOHN CHAPTER 22
22 : 1 And
he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding
out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
22 : 2in the midst
of the street thereof. And on this side of the river and on
that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits,
yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree
were for the healing of the nations.
22 : 3 And there shall be
no curse any more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall
be therein: and his servants shall serve him;
22 : 4and they
shall see his face; and his name shall be on their foreheads.
22 : 5 And there shall be night no more; and they need no light
of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give
them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.
22 : 6 And
he said unto me, These words are faithful and true: and the
Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angels
to show unto his servants the things which must shortly come
to pass.
22 : 7 And behold, I come quickly. Blessed is he that
keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book.
22 : 8 And I John
am he that heard and saw these things. And when I heard and
saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel that
showed me these things.
22 : 9 And he saith unto me, See thou
do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren
the prophets, and with them that keep the words of this book:
worship God.
22 : 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words
of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.
22 : 11He
that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness still: and
he that is filthy, let him be made filthy still: and he that
is righteous, let him do righteousness still: and he that is
holy, let him be made holy still.
22 : 12Behold, I come quickly;
and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as
his work is.
22 : 13I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and
the last, the beginning and the end.
22 : 14Blessed are they
that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come
to the tree of life, and my enter in by the gates into the
city.
22 : 15Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the
fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every
one that loveth and maketh a lie.
22 : 16I Jesus have sent mine
angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I
am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning
star.
22 : 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that
heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him
come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.
22 : 18I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the
prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto them, God
shall add unto him the plagues which are written in this book:
22 : 19and if any man shall take away from the words of the book
of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree
of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this
book.
22 : 20He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come
quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus.
22 : 21The grace of the Lord
Jesus be with the saints. Amen.
PATMOS ISLAND