Matthew 2 Cross References - Goodspeed

¹ Now after the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, astrologers from the east arrived at Jerusalem, ² and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him." ³ When King Herod heard of this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴ So he called together all the high priests and scribes of the people and asked them where the Christ was to be born. ⁵ They said, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote: ⁶ " 'And you, Bethlehem in Judah's land, You are by no means least important among the leading places of Judah, For from you will come a leader Who will be the shepherd of my people Israel.' " ⁷ Then Herod secretly sent for the astrologers, and found out from them the exact time when the star appeared. ⁸ And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said to them, "Go and inquire particularly about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, so that I may go and do homage to him too." ⁹ So they obeyed the king and went, and the star which they had seen rise led them on until it reached the place where the child was, and stopped above it. ¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were very glad, ¹¹ and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. ¹² Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way. ¹³ When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him." ¹⁴ Then he awoke and took the child and his mother by night and took refuge in Egypt, ¹⁵ to fulfil what the Lord said by the prophet, "I called my son from Egypt." ¹⁶ Then Herod saw that he had been tricked by the astrologers, and he was very angry, and he sent and made away with all the boys in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood who were two years old or under, for that was the tune he had learned from the astrologers by his inquiries. ¹⁷ Then the saying was fulfilled which was uttered by the prophet Jeremiah, ¹⁸ "A cry was heard in Ramah! Weeping and great lamenting! Rachel weeping for her children, And inconsolable because they were gone." ¹⁹ But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt ²⁰ and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." ²¹ Then he awoke, and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. ²² But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to return there; and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the region of Galilee, ²³ and he went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in fulfilment of the saying of the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

²⁰ But while he was thinking of doing this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, and said, "Joseph, descendant of David, do not fear to take Mary, your wife, to your home, for it is through the influence of the holy Spirit that she is to become a mother.

²² All this happened in fulfilment of what the Lord said through the prophet,

²⁴ So when Joseph awoke from his sleep, he did as the angel of the Lord had directed him, and took his wife to his home. ²⁵ But he did not live with her as a husband until she had had a son, and he named the child Jesus.

¹ Now after the birth of Jesus at Bethlehem in Judea, in the days of King Herod, astrologers from the east arrived at Jerusalem, ² and asked, "Where is the newly born king of the Jews? For we have seen his star rise and we have come to do homage to him." ³ When King Herod heard of this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

⁵ They said, "At Bethlehem in Judea, for this is what the prophet wrote:

¹⁰ When they saw the star, they were very glad, ¹¹ and they went into the house and saw the child with his mother, Mary, and they threw themselves down and did homage to him. They opened their treasure boxes and presented the child with gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. ¹² Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way.

¹² Then, as they had been divinely warned in a dream not to go back to Herod, they returned to their own country by another way. ¹³ When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

¹³ When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and make your escape to Egypt, and stay there until I tell you to leave. For Herod is going to look for the child in order to make away with him."

¹⁶ Then Herod saw that he had been tricked by the astrologers, and he was very angry, and he sent and made away with all the boys in Bethlehem and in all that neighborhood who were two years old or under, for that was the tune he had learned from the astrologers by his inquiries. ¹⁷ Then the saying was fulfilled which was uttered by the prophet Jeremiah,

¹⁹ But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt

¹⁹ But when Herod died, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt ²⁰ and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead."

²⁰ and said, "Wake up! Take the child and his mother and go to the land of Israel, for those who sought the child's life are dead." ²¹ Then he awoke, and took the child and his mother and went to the land of Israel. ²² But hearing that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to return there; and being warned in a dream, he took refuge in the region of Galilee, ²³ and he went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in fulfilment of the saying of the prophets, "He shall be called a Nazarene."

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

⁹ and said to him, "I will give all this to you, if you will fall on your knees and do homage to me." ¹⁰ Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For the Scripture says, 'You must do homage to the Lord your God, and worship him alone!' "

¹⁴ in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, ¹⁵ "Zebulon's land, and Naphtali's land, Along the road to the sea, across the Jordan, Galilee of the nations!

²⁹ for he taught them like one who had authority and not like their scribes.

¹⁷ in fulfilment of the words of the prophet Isaiah, "He took our sickness and carried away our diseases."

²⁹ And they suddenly screamed out, "What do you want of us, you Son of God? Have you come here before the appointed time to torture us?"

²³ But when they persecute you in one town, make your escape to another, for I tell you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man arrives.

¹⁶ and warned them not to say anything about him ¹⁷ —in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet Isaiah, ¹⁸ "Here is my servant whom I have selected, My beloved, who delights my heart! I will endow him with my Spirit, And he will announce a judgment to the heathen.

⁵² He said to them, "Then remember that every scribe who has become a disciple of the Kingdom of Heaven must be like a householder who can supply from his storeroom new things as well as old."

³³ And the men in the boat fell down before him and said, "You are certainly God's Son!"

⁴ Now this happened in fulfilment of what was said by the prophet, ⁵ "Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

¹⁵ But when the high priests and the scribes saw the wonders that he did and saw the boys shouting in the Temple, "God bless the Son of David!" they were indignant,

²³ When he had entered the Temple, and was teaching, the high priests and the elders of the people came up to him, and said, "What authority have you for doing as you do, and who gave you this authority?"

³⁷ "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! murdering the prophets, and stoning those who are sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children around me, as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, but you refused!

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas,

³ Then the high priests and the elders of the people gathered in the house of the high priest, whose name was Caiaphas, ⁴ and plotted to arrest Jesus by stealth and put him to death. ⁵ But they said, "It must not be during the festival, or there may be a riot."

⁴⁷ Just as he was speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, came up, and with him a great crowd with swords and clubs, from the high priests and the elders of the people. ⁴⁸ Now the man who betrayed him gave them a signal, saying, "The one I kiss is the man. Seize him!" ⁴⁹ And he went straight up to Jesus and said, "Good evening, Master!" and kissed him affectionately.

⁵⁴ But then how are the Scriptures to be fulfilled, which say that this must happen?"

⁵⁶ But this has all taken place in fulfilment of the writings of the prophets." Then all the disciples left him and made their escape.

⁷¹ And he went out into the gateway, and another maid saw him, and said to the men there, "This fellow was with Jesus the Nazarene!"

¹ When it was morning, all the high priests and elders of the people held a consultation about Jesus, with a view to putting him to death.

¹¹ Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "Yes."

¹⁹ Now while he was on the bench his wife sent to him to say, "Do not have anything to do with that upright man, for I have just had a painful experience in a dream about him."

³⁵ And they crucified him and divided up his clothes among them by drawing lots,

¹⁸ And Jesus came up to them and said, "Full authority in heaven and on the earth has been given to me.

²⁴ "What do you want of us, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, you are God's holy One!"

³¹ Then he explained to them for the first time that the Son of Man must go through much suffering, and be refused by the elders and the high priests and the scribes, and be killed, and rise again three days after.

⁵ In the days when Herod was king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah who belonged to the division of Abijah. His wife was also a descendant of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

²⁶ In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth,

⁷⁸ "Because the heart of our God is merciful, And so the day will dawn upon us from on high, ⁷⁹ To shine on men who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, And guide our feet into the way of peace."

⁴ And Joseph went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea to the city of David called Bethlehem, because he belonged to the house and family of David, ⁵ to register with Mary, who was engaged to him and who was soon to become a mother. ⁶ While they were there, the time came for her child to be born, ⁷ and she gave birth to her first-born son; and she wrapped him up, and laid him in a manger, for there was no room for them at the inn.

¹⁰ The angel said to them, "Do not be frightened, for I bring you good news of a great joy that is to be felt by all the people, ¹¹ for today, in the town of David, a Savior for you has been born who is your Messiah and Lord.

¹⁵ When the angels left them and returned to heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Come! Let us go over to Bethlehem, and see this thing that has happened, that the Lord has told us of!" ¹⁶ And they hurried there, and found Mary and Joseph, with the baby lying in the manger.

²⁰ And the shepherds went back glorifying God and praising him for all that they had heard and seen in fulfilment of what they had been told.

²⁶ It had been revealed to him by the holy Spirit that he should not die without seeing the Lord's Messiah. ²⁷ And under the Spirit's influence he went into the Temple, and when Jesus' parents brought him there to do for him what the Law required, ²⁸ Symeon also took him in his arms and blessed God, and said, ²⁹ "Now, Master, you will let your slave go free In peace, as you promised, ³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation ³¹ Which you have set before all the nations, ³² A light of revelation for the heathen, And a glory to your people Israel!"

³⁸ She came up just at that time and gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were living in expectation of the liberation of Jerusalem. ³⁹ When they had done everything that the Law of the Lord required, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

³⁸ and to say, "Blessed is the king who comes in the Lord's name, Peace be in heaven and glory on high!"

¹⁹ And the scribes and high priests wanted to arrest him then and there, but they were afraid of the people, for they knew that he had aimed this illustration at them. ²⁰ So they kept watch of him and set some spies who pretended to be honest men to fasten on something that he said, so that they might hand him over to the control and authority of the governor. ²¹ And they asked him, "Master, we know that you are right in what you say and teach, and that you show no favor, but teach the way of God in sincerity.

³ And Pilate asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" He answered, "Yes."

¹⁰ Meanwhile the high priests and the scribes stood by and vehemently accused him.

³⁸ For there was a notice above his head, "This is the king of the Jews!"

⁴⁴ Then he said to them, "This is what I told you when I was still with you—that everything that is written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must come true."

⁴⁵ Philip sought out Nathanael, and said to him, "We have found the one about whom Moses wrote in the Law and about whom the prophets wrote; it is Jesus, the son of Joseph, who comes from Nazareth!" ⁴⁶ Nathanael said to him, "Can anything good come from Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see!"

⁴⁹ Nathanael answered, "Master, you are the Son of God! You are king of Israel!"

¹⁰ Jesus answered, "Are you the teacher of Israel and yet ignorant of this?

²² For the Father passes judgment on no one, but he has committed the judgment entirely to the Son, ²³ so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him.

²³ so that all men may honor the Son just as much as they honor the Father. Whoever refuses to honor the Son refuses to honor the Father who sent him.

³² The Pharisees heard the people saying these things about him in whispers, and the high priests and the Pharisees sent attendants to arrest him.

⁴¹ Others said, "This is the Christ!" But they rejoined, "What! Is the Christ to come from Galilee? ⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from the descendants of David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

⁴² Do not the Scriptures say that the Christ is to spring from the descendants of David and to come from the village of Bethlehem where David lived?"

⁵² They answered, "Are you from Galilee too? Study and you will find that no prophet is to appear from Galilee."

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³⁸ And he said, "I believe, sir!" and he fell on his knees before him.

⁴⁷ Then the high priests and the Pharisees called a meeting of the council, and they said, "What are we to do about the fact that this man is showing so many signs? ⁴⁸ If we let him go on, everybody will believe in him, and then the Romans will come and put an end to our holy place and our people."

¹³ got palm branches and went out to meet him, shouting, "God bless him! God bless him who comes in the Lord's name! Blessings on the king of Israel!"

³ So Judas got out the garrison and some attendants from the high priests and Pharisees, and came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

⁵ They answered, "Jesus of Nazareth." He said to them, "I am he." Judas who betrayed him was standing among them.

⁷ Then he asked them again, "Who is it you are looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

³⁷ Pilate said to him, "Then you are a king?" Jesus answered, "As you say, I am a king. It was for this that I was born and for this that I came to the world, to give testimony for truth. Everyone who is on the side of truth listens to my voice."

¹² This made Pilate try to find a way to let him go, but the Jews shouted, "If you let him go, you are no friend of the emperor's! Anyone who calls himself a king utters treason against the emperor!" ¹³ When Pilate heard that, he had Jesus brought out and had him sit in the judge's seat in the place they call the Stone Platform, or in Hebrew, Gabbatha. ¹⁴ It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, and it was about noon. And Pilate said to the Jews, "There is your king!" ¹⁵ At that they shouted, "Kill him! Kill him! Have him crucified!" Pilate said to them, "Am I to crucify your king?" The high priests answered, "We have no king but the emperor!"

¹⁹ Pilate had written a placard and had it put on the cross; it read "Jesus the Nazarene, the king of the Jews."

²⁸ After that, Jesus, knowing that everything was now finished, to fulfil the saying of Scripture, said, "I am thirsty."

³⁶ For this happened to fulfil what the Scripture says: "Not one of its bones will be broken."

²⁸ Thomas answered him, "My Master and my God!"

¹⁶ Again Jesus said to him a second time, "Simon, son of John, are you devoted to me?" He said to him, "Yes, Master, you know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Then be a shepherd to my sheep!"

¹⁶ "Brothers, the prediction of the Scriptures had to come true that the holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide for the men that arrested Jesus—

²² "Men of Israel, listen to what I say. Jesus of Nazareth, as you know, was a man whom God commended to you by the wonders, portents, and signs that God did right among you through him.

² greatly disturbed because they were teaching the people and declaring that in the case of Jesus there had been a resurrection from the dead.

⁵ On the next day the leading members of the council, the elders, and the scribes met in Jerusalem,

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered them, "You must decide whether it is right in the sight of God to obey you instead of him,

²⁴ When they heard it, with one impulse they all raised their voices to God and said, "Master, it was you who made heaven, earth, and sea, and everything that is in them, ²⁵ and who said through the holy Spirit by the lips of our forefather David, your slave, " 'Why did the heathen rage, And the peoples form vain designs? ²⁶ The kings of the earth stood by, And the rulers assembled Against the Lord and against his Christ.' ²⁷ For they have assembled here in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you had consecrated—Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the heathen and the peoples of Israel,

¹⁹ But an angel of the Lord opened the jail doors in the night and let them out, and said to them,

²⁴ When the commander of the Temple and the high priests heard this report, they were very much at a loss as to what would come of it. ²⁵ Someone came over and reported to them, "The men that you put in jail are standing right here in the Temple, teaching the people!" ²⁶ Then the commander and his men went and brought them back, but without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people. ²⁷ So they brought them before the council. The high priest called on them for an explanation. ²⁸ "We strictly forbade you," he said, "to teach on this authority, and here you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and propose to hold us responsible for this man's death!" ²⁹ Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.

¹² They aroused the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they set upon him and seized him, and brought him before the council.

¹⁹ He took advantage of our people and oppressed our forefathers, making them abandon their infant children, so that they should not live.

¹³ But Ananias answered, "Lord, I have heard many people tell of this man, and the harm he has done to your people in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ He is here with authority to arrest everyone who calls upon your name."

⁷ When the angel who had spoken to him was gone, Cornelius called two of his servants, and a devout soldier who was one of his personal attendants,

²² They answered, "Cornelius, who is a captain, and an upright and God-fearing man, and who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house, and to listen to what you have to say."

²⁵ When Peter actually came in, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet and made obeisance to him. ²⁶ But Peter lifted him to his feet, and said, "Get up! I am only human myself."

¹ About that time King Herod laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. ² He had John's brother, James, beheaded, ³ and when he saw that this gratified the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, at the time of the festival of Unleavened Bread. ⁴ He had him seized and put in jail, with four squads of soldiers to guard him, meaning after the Passover to bring him out before the people.

¹¹ Then Peter came to himself, and he said, "Now I am certain that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the power of Herod and all that the Jewish people were expecting."

²³ But the angel of the Lord struck him down immediately, because he did not give the honor to God; and he was eaten by worms and died. ²⁴ But the Lord's message continued to grow and spread.

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out plainly, and said, "God's message had to be told to you first, but since you thrust it off and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the heathen. ⁴⁷ For these are the orders the Lord has given us: " 'I have made you a light for the heathen, To be the means of salvation to the very ends of the earth!' " ⁴⁸ When the heathen heard this they were delighted, and praised God's message, and all who were destined for eternal life believed,

²⁰ and brought them before the chief magistrates. "These men," they said, "are Jews, and they are making a great disturbance in our town. ²¹ They are advocating practices which it is against the law for us as Romans to adopt or observe."

³⁶ The jailer reported this message to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent orders that you are to be released. So you can take your leave and go unmolested."

⁶ As they could not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the town magistrates, shouting, "The men who have made trouble all over the world have come here too, ⁷ and Jason has taken them in. They all disobey the emperor's decrees, and claim that someone else called Jesus is king."

⁹ So there was a great uproar, and some scribes of the Pharisees' party got up and insisted, "We find nothing wrong with this man. Suppose some spirit or angel really spoke to him!"

⁵ For we have found this man a pest and a disturber of the peace among Jews all over the world. He is a ringleader of the Nazarene sect,

²¹ That is why the Jews seized me in the Temple and tried to kill me.

⁹ and causing the heathen to praise God for his mercy; as the Scripture says, "I will give thanks to you for this among the heathen, And sing in honor of your name." ¹⁰ And again, "Rejoice, you heathen, with his people!" ¹¹ And again, "Praise the Lord, all you heathen, And let all nations sing his praises." ¹² Again Isaiah says, "The descendant of Jesse will come, The one who is to rise to rule the heathen; The heathen will set their hopes on him." ¹³ May God, the source of hope, fill you with perfect happiness and peace in your faith, so that you may have overflowing hope through the power of the holy Spirit.

¹⁹ For this world's wisdom is foolishness to God. For the Scripture says, "He who catches the wise with their own cunning,"

¹⁹ For this world's wisdom is foolishness to God. For the Scripture says, "He who catches the wise with their own cunning," ²⁰ and "The Lord knows that the deliberations of the wise are fruitless."

²² He has put everything under his feet and made him the indisputable head of the church,

¹⁸ He is the head of the church, it is his body; for he is the beginning, the firstborn from among the dead—that he might come to stand first in everything.

⁶ But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."

¹³ But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"? ¹⁴ Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

⁷ Faith led Noah, when he was warned by God of things no one then saw, in obedience to the warning to build an ark in which to save his family, and by such faith he condemned the world, and came to possess that uprightness which faith produces. ⁸ Faith enabled Abraham to obey when God summoned him to leave his home for a region which he was to have for his own, and to leave home without knowing where he was going.

¹⁹ So we have the message of the prophets more fully guaranteed. Please pay attention to that message as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts.

²⁷ just such authority as I received from my Father; he will shepherd them with an iron staff and shatter them like earthen jars!—

⁸ When he took the roll, the four animals and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each with a harp and gold bowls full of incense, that is, of the prayers of God's people.

¹³ Then in my vision I heard an eagle flying in midair say in a loud voice, "Alas! Alas! Alas for the inhabitants of the earth, because of the other blasts of the three angels who are going to blow their trumpets!"

¹⁵ Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and loud voices were heard in heaven, saying, "The sovereignty of the world has passed into the possession of our Lord and his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever."

¹ Then a great portent appeared in the sky—a woman clothed in the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. ² She was soon to have a child, and she cried out with pain and agony in giving birth to it. ³ Another portent appeared in the sky—there was a great fire-red dragon with seven heads and ten horns, with seven diadems on his heads. ⁴ His tail swept away one third of the stars of heaven and flung them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child in order to devour her child as soon as it was born.

⁴ His tail swept away one third of the stars of heaven and flung them down upon the earth. The dragon stood in front of the woman who was about to give birth to a child in order to devour her child as soon as it was born. ⁵ She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to shepherd all the heathen with a staff of iron; and her child was caught up to God, to his throne. ⁶ Then the woman fled into the desert, where there was a place prepared by God for her, where she was to be taken care of for 1,260 days.

¹⁴ But the woman was given the two wings of a great eagle, so that she might fly to her place in the desert, where she is to be taken care of for a time, times, and a half-time, on account of the serpent. ¹⁵ Then the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman like a river, to sweep her away.

⁶ I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people, and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her I was perfectly amazed,

¹⁰ I fell at his feet to worship him, but he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers who have accepted the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony of Jesus is what inspires prophecy."

⁸ It was I, John, who heard and saw these things. When I heard and saw them, I fell at the feet of the angel who showed them to me, to worship him. ⁹ But he said to me, "You must not do that. I am only a fellow-slave of yours and of your brothers the prophets and the men who heed the words of this book. Worship God! ¹⁰ "Do not seal up the words of prophecy that are in this book," he said to me, "for the time of their fulfilment is very near.

¹⁶ "I, Jesus, sent my angel to give you this testimony for the churches. I am of the line and family of David, I am the bright morning star."