Revelation 2:8

New International Version

“To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of him who is the First and the Last, who died and came to life again.

Cross References

Revelation 1:8

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.”

Revelation 1:11

which said: “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.

Isaiah 44:6

“This is what the Lord says— Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God.

Isaiah 48:12

“Listen to me, Jacob, Israel, whom I have called: I am he; I am the first and I am the last.

Romans 14:9

For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of 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.