Revelation 22
Revelation 22 is the twenty-second and final chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John, and the final chapter of the New Testament and of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John of Patmos. This chapter contains the accounts of the throne of God in the New Jerusalem, the conversation between the writer and an angel, and, from verse 10 onwards, the epilogue of the book.
Text
The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 21 verses.Textual witnesses
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter include:- Codex Sinaiticus
- Codex Alexandrinus.
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Contents
Verse 1
The angel is the one who was first encountered in Revelation 1:1.Verse 6
"These words" are best taken as a reference to the whole Book of Revelation.Verse 13
- Cross reference: Revelation 21:6
- "The Beginning and the End, the First and the Last" : NU and M read "First and the Last, the Beginning and the End".
Verse 14