Revelation 1:2

New International Reader's Version

John is a witness to everything he saw. What he saw is God’s word and what Jesus Christ has said.

Cross References

John 1:32

Then John told them, “I saw the Holy Spirit come down from heaven like a dove. The Spirit remained on Jesus.

John 12:17

A crowd had been with Jesus when he called Lazarus from the tomb and raised him from the dead. So they continued to tell everyone about what had happened.

John 19:35

The man who saw it has been a witness about it. And what he has said is true. He knows that he tells the truth. He is a witness so that you also may believe.

John 21:24

This is the disciple who is a witness about these things. He also wrote them down. We know that what he says is true.

John 3:11

What I’m about to tell you is true. We speak about what we know. We are witnesses about what we have seen. But still you people do not accept what we say.

Acts 22:15

Now you will tell everyone about what you have seen and heard.

Acts 26:16

Now get up. Stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you to serve me. And you must tell other people about me. You must tell others that you have seen me today. You must also tell them that I will show myself to you again.

Acts 4:20

There’s nothing else we can do. We have to speak about the things we’ve seen and heard.”

1 Corinthians 1:6

God has shown that what we have spoken to you about Christ is true.

1 Corinthians 2:1

And this was the way it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I didn’t come with fancy words or human wisdom. I preached to you the truth about God’s love.

1 John 1:1

Here is what we announce to everyone about the Word of life. The Word was already here from the beginning. We have heard him. We have seen him with our eyes. We have looked at him. Our hands have touched him.

1 John 4:14

The Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. We have seen it and are witnesses to it.

3 John 1:12

Everyone says good things about Demetrius. He lives in keeping with the truth. We also say good things about him. And you know that what we say is true.

Revelation 1:11

The voice said, “Write on a scroll what you see. Send it to the seven churches in Asia Minor. They are Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

Revelation 1:19

“So write down what you have seen. Write about what is happening now and what will happen later.

Revelation 1:9

I, John, am a believer like you. I am a friend who suffers like you. As members of Jesus’ royal family, we can put up with anything that happens to us. I was on the island of Patmos because I taught God’s word and what Jesus said.

Revelation 12:11

They had victory over him by the blood the Lamb spilled for them. They had victory over him by speaking the truth about Jesus to others. They were willing to risk their lives, even if it led to death.

Revelation 12:17

The dragon was very angry with the woman. He went off to make war against the rest of her children. They obey God’s commands. And they hold firmly to the truth they have said about Jesus.

Revelation 20:4

I saw thrones. Those who had been given authority to judge were sitting on them. I also saw the souls of those whose heads had been cut off. They had been killed because they had spoken what was true about Jesus. They had also been killed because of the word of God. They had not worshiped the beast or its statue. They had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. They came to life and ruled with Christ for 1,000 years.

Revelation 22:21

May the grace of the Lord Jesus be with God’s people. Amen.

Revelation 6:9

The Lamb broke open the fifth seal. I saw souls under the altar. They were the souls of people who had been killed. They had been killed because of God’s word and their faithful witness.