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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Revelation 1 This chapter contains the preface and introduction to the book, and the first vision in it. The preface begins with the title of the book, in which the subject matter of it is pointed at, a Revelation; the author of it, Jesus Christ, who had it from his Father; the minister of it, an angel: the person to whom it was made known, described by his name, office, and the...
John Gill
John to the seven churches which are in Asia,.... In lesser Asia; their names are mentioned in Revelation 1:11; grace [be] unto you, and peace; which is the common salutation of the apostles in all their epistles, and includes all blessings of grace, and all prosperity, inward and outward: [See comments on Romans 1:7]. The persons from whom they are wished are very particularly described, from...
Matthew Henry
The Substance of the Book. (a. d. 95.) 1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to show unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel 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. Here we have, I. What we may call the pedigree of this book. 1....
Charles H. Spurgeon
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come: and from the seven spirits which are before his throne: And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Think, dear friends, how this benediction may be fulfilled. “Grace be to you,” he...
Charles H. Spurgeon
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. John’s benediction to the seven churches of Asia is like that of Paul when he is...