Revelation 1:17-18

Vision of the Son of Man

17 v When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But v he laid his right hand on me, w saying, "Fear not, x I am the first and the last, 18 and the living one. y I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and z I have the keys of Death and Hades.

  1. Cross References
    Daniel 8:17 - 18
    So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end.
    Daniel 10:9 - 10
    Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.
    Daniel 10:15
    When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was mute.
    Luke 24:37
    But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.
    John 21:12
    Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
  2. Cross References
    Daniel 8:17 - 18
    So he came near where I stood. And when he came, I was frightened and fell on my face. But he said to me, "Understand, O son of man, that the vision is for the time of the end.
    Daniel 10:9 - 10
    Then I heard the sound of his words, and as I heard the sound of his words, I fell on my face in deep sleep with my face to the ground.
    Daniel 10:15
    When he had spoken to me according to these words, I turned my face toward the ground and was mute.
    Luke 24:37
    But they were startled and frightened and thought they saw a spirit.
    John 21:12
    Jesus said to them, "Come and have breakfast." Now none of the disciples dared ask him, "Who are you?" They knew it was the Lord.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 17:7
    But Jesus came and touched them, saying, "Rise, and have no fear.
  4. Cross References
    Revelation 2:8
    And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: 'The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life.
    Revelation 22:13
    I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
    Isaiah 41:4
    Who has performed and done this, calling the generations from the beginning? I, the Lord, the first, and with the last; I am he.
    Isaiah 44:6
    Thus says the Lord, the King of Israel and his Redeemer, the Lord of hosts: "I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god.
    Isaiah 48:12
    Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I called! I am he; I am the first, and I am the last.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 6:9
    We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him.
    Romans 14:9
    For to this end Christ died and lived again, that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
  6. Cross References
    Revelation 9:1
    And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit.
    Revelation 20:1
    Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain.
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