Revelation 22:16 Cross References - Moffatt

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

¹ The birth-roll of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.

² asking, "Where is the newly-born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose, and we have come to worship him."

⁷ Then Herod summoned the magicians in secret and ascertained from them the time of the star's appearance. ⁸ He also sent them to Bethlehem, telling them, "Go and make a careful search for the child, and when you have found him report to me, so that I may go and worship him too." ⁹ The magicians listened to the king and then went their way. And the star they had seen rise went in front of them till it stopped over the place where the child was. ¹⁰ When they caught sight of the star, they were intensely glad;

⁴² "Tell me," he said, "what you think about the Christ. Whose son is he?" They said to him, "David's."

⁴⁵ If David calls him Lord, how can he be his son?"

⁷⁸ by the tender mercy of our God, who will make the Dawn visit us from on high,

³ concerning his Son, who was born of David's offspring by natural descent ⁴ and installed as Son of God with power by the Spirit of holiness when he was raised from the dead — concerning Jesus Christ our Lord,

⁵ the patriarchs are theirs, and theirs too (so far as natural descent goes) is the Christ. (Blessed for evermore be the God who is over all! Amen.)

¹⁹ and thus we have gained fresh confirmation of the prophetic word. Pray attend to that word; it shines like a lamp within a darksome spot, till the Day dawns and the daystar rises within your hearts —

¹ A revelation by Jesus Christ, which God granted him for his servants, to show them what must come to pass very soon; he disclosed it by sending it through his angel to his servant John,

⁴ John to the seven churches in Asia: grace be to you and peace from HE WHO IS AND WAS AND IS COMING, and from the seven Spirits before his throne,

⁷ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror I will allow to eat from the tree of Life which is within the paradise of God.'

¹¹ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror shall not be injured by the second death.'

¹⁷ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches: 'The conqueror I will allow to share the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, unknown to any except him who receives it.'

²⁸ also I will grant him to see the Morning-star.' ²⁹ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

⁶ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

¹³ Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.

²² Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches."

⁵ but one of the Presbyters told me, "Weep not; lo, the Lion of Judah's tribe, the Scion of David, he has won the power of opening the scroll and its seven seals."

¹ Then he showed me the river of the water of Life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

⁶ [vss 6,7 relocated between vss 9 & 10] And he said to me, "These words are trustworthy and genuine, for the Lord God of the spirits of the prophets has sent his angel to show his servants what must very soon come to pass.

¹¹ Let the wicked still be wicked, let the filthy still be filthy, let the righteous still do right, let the holy still be holy!

²⁰ He who bears this testimony says, "Even so: I am coming very soon." Amen, Lord Jesus, come!