To the Church in Smyrna
Revelation 2:8
In 9 translations
- BSB
- To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.
- KJV
- And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
- WEB
- “To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: “The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
- ASV
- And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:
- LSV
- And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things says the First and the Last, who became dead and lived:
- YLT
- 'And to the messenger of the assembly of the Smyrneans write: These things saith the First and the Last, who did become dead and did live;
- DBY
- And to the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: These things says the first and the last, who became dead, and lived:
- DRC
- And to the angel of the church of Smyrna write: These things saith the First and the Last, who was dead, and is alive:
- GNV
- And vnto the Angel of the Church of the Smyrnians write, These things saith he that is first, and last, which was dead and is aliue.
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Where the editions differ
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- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Tregelles, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text read τῆς (“of the”); Westcott–Hort read τῷ (“to the”).
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read Σμύρνῃ (“Smyrna”); Textus Receptus read Σμυρναίων (“Smyrnan”).
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- In STEPBible’s comparison, NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text include ἐν (“in”); Textus Receptus do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)
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- SBLGNT: τῆς. Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition, Robinson–Pierpont read τῆς; Westcott and Hort (1881) read τῷ.
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Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Σμύρνῃ ἐκκλησίας γράψον· Τάδε λέγει ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ὃς ἐγένετο νεκρὸς καὶ ἔζησεν·
- RP2018
- Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Σμύρνῃ ἐκκλησίας γράψον, Τάδε λέγει ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ὃς ἐγένετο νεκρὸς καὶ ἔζησεν·
- TR-Boyd
- Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας Σμυρναίων γράψον, Τάδε λέγει ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος, ὃς ἐγένετο νεκρὸς καὶ ἔζησεν·
- SCR1894
- και τω αγγελω της εκκλησιας σμυρναιων γραψον ταδε λεγει ο πρωτος και ο εσχατος ος εγενετο νεκρος και εζησεν
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Cross-references most cited first
- Revelation 1:17–18When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last, the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever!…
- Revelation 1:8“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.
- Revelation 1:11saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
- Revelation 2:1“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.
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