Revelation 2:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:

Cross References

Revelation 1:8

I am the First and the Last, says the Lord God who is and was and is to come, the Ruler of all.

Revelation 1:11

Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.

Revelation 2:1

To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:

Isaiah 44:6

The Lord, the King of Israel, even the Lord of armies who has taken up his cause, says, I am the first and the last, and there is no God but me.

Isaiah 48:12

Give ear to me, Jacob, and Israel, my loved one; I am he, I am the first and I am the last.

Romans 14:9

And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

Revelation 22:13

I am the First and the Last, the start and the end.