Revelation 2:8

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

‘Write to the angel of the church in Smyrna: Thus says the First and the Last,   the one who was dead and came to life:

Cross References

Revelation 1:8

‘I am the Alpha and the Omega,’  says the Lord God, ‘the one who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.’

Revelation 1:11

saying, ‘Write   on a scroll   what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.’

Revelation 2:1

‘Write to the angel   of the church in Ephesus: Thus says the one who holds the seven stars in his right hand and who walks among the seven golden lampstands:

Isaiah 44:6

This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer,  the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.

Isaiah 48:12

‘Listen to me, Jacob, and Israel, the one called by me: I am he; I am the first, I am also the last.

Romans 14:9

Christ died and returned to life  for this: that he might be Lord over both the dead and the living.

Revelation 22:13

I am the Alpha and the Omega,   the first and the last,   the beginning and the end.