Revelation 1:17
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17 When I saw Him, I fell at His feet as though dead. And He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God],(A)
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Revelation 1:17
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17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet(A) as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me(B) and said: “Do not be afraid.(C) I am the First and the Last.(D)
Revelation 2:8
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Message to Smyrna
8 “And to the angel (divine messenger) of the church in [a]Smyrna write:
“These are the words of the First and the Last [absolute Deity, the Son of God] who died and came to life [again]:(A)
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- Revelation 2:8 In ancient times Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey) was a beautiful, cosmopolitan city. Located on the Aegean coast, it vied with Ephesus and Pergamum in importance in Asia Minor. It was closely identified with Rome and the cult of emperor worship. Smyrna was later the home of Polycarp, the great Christian church leader who, at the age of eighty-six, was burned at the stake for his refusal to worship the Roman emperor.
Revelation 2:8
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To the Church in Smyrna
8 “To the angel of the church in Smyrna(A) write:
Revelation 22:13
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13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End [the Eternal One].”(A)
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Revelation 22:13
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