2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.
And the dragon was angry with the woman and went away to make war on the rest of her seed, who keep the orders of God, and the witness of Jesus:
Even as the witness of the Christ has been made certain among you:
And when the fifth stamp was undone, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been put to death for the word of God, and for the witness which they kept.
Put in writing, then, the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will be after these;
This is the disciple who gives witness about these things and who put them in writing: and we have knowledge that his witness is true.
And the Spirit is the witness, because the Spirit is true. There are three witnesses, the Spirit, the water, and the blood: and all three are in agreement. If we take the witness of men to be true, the witness of God is greater: because this is the witness which God has given about his Son. He who has faith in the Son of God has the witness in himself: he who has not faith in God makes him false, because he has not faith in the witness which God has given about his Son. And his witness is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
But get up on your feet: for I have come to you for this purpose, to make you a servant and a witness of the things in which you have seen me, and of those in which you will see me;
And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.
Demetrius has the approval of all men and of what is true: and we give the same witness, and you are certain that our witness is true.
And we have seen and give witness that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world.
For you will be a witness for him to all men of what you have seen and of what has come to your ears.
For it is not possible for us to keep from saying what we have seen and have knowledge of.
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Commentary on Revelation 1 Matthew Henry Commentary
An Exposition, With Practical Observations, of
The Revelation of ST. John the Divine
Chapter 1
This chapter is a general preface to the whole book, and contains,
Rev 1:1-2
Here we have,
Rev 1:3-8
We have here an apostolic benediction on those who should give a due regard to this divine revelation; and this benediction is given more generally and more especially.
Rev 1:9-20
We have now come to that glorious vision which the apostle had of the Lord Jesus Christ, when he came to deliver this revelation to him, where observe,