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a 2 John 1.

JOHN.

THE elder unto Gaius the beb1 John 3. loved, whom I love in truth.

18.

2 John 1.

c 2 John 4.

d Cp.1 Cor. & Gal. 4. 19

4. 14. 15

& 1 Tim.
1.2

& 2 Tim.
1.2

& Tit. 1. 4

10.

& Philem. e Cp. Gal. 6.

10

2 Beloved, I pray that in all things thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 For I rejoiced greatly, when brethren came and bare witness unto thy truth, even as thou walkest in truth. 4 Greater 2joy have I none than this, to hear of my children walking in the truth.

5 Beloved, thou doest a faithful work in whatsoever thou doest toward them that are brethren and strangers withal; 6 who bare witness to thy love before the church: whom thou wilt do well to set forward on their journey worthily of God: 7 because that for the sake of the Name they went forth, takCp. Col. 1. ing nothing of the Gentiles. 8 We therefore ought to welcome such, that we may be fellow-workers with the truth.

& Heb. 13. 1. ƒ See Matt. 25. 35. g1 Thess. 2. 12.

10.

h See Acts 5. 41. il Cor. 9. 12, 15.

j Cp. 2 John 9 (mg.).

a Mark 6. 3(?).

Luke 6. 16

(mg.) (?).

b Rom. 1. 7.

1 Cor. 1. 24.

clThess.1.4. 2 Thess. 2. 13.

d John 17.

11, 15.

1 Thess. 5. 23.

e Cp.

2 John 3.

2 Pet. 1. 2.

2 Tim. 4. 7. Cp. Luke 13. 24

& 1 Cor. 9. 25

9I wrote somewhat unto the church: but Diotrephes, who lov

eth to have the preeminence among them, receiveth us not. 10 Therefore, if I come, I will bring to remembrance his works which he doeth, prating against us with wicked words: and not content therewith, neither doth he himself receive the brethren, and them that would he forbiddeth, and casteth them out of the church. 11 Beloved, imitate not that which is evil, but that which is good. 'He that doeth good is of God: he that doeth evil hath not seen God. 12 Demetrius "hath the witness of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, we also bear witness; and thou knowest that our witness is true.

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3 Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our

common salvation, I was con1Pet. 1.2. strained to write unto you exhort7 Tit. 1. 4. ing you to contend earnestly for Tim.6.12. the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints. 4 For there are certain men crept in privily, even they who were of old set forth unto this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of Our God into lasciviousness, and denying our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.

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5 Now I desire " to put you in remembrance, though ye know all things once for all, how that 7° the Lord, having saved a people out of the land of Egypt, 8Pafterward destroyed them that believed not. 6 And angels which kept not their own principality, but left their proper habitation, he hath kept in everlasting bonds under darkness unto the judgement of the great day. 7 Even as "Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them, having in like manner with these given themselves over to fornication, and gone after strange flesh, are set 12 Pet. 2. 10. forth as an example, suffering the punishment of eternal fire. 8 Yet in like manner these also in their dreamings defile the flesh, and set

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2 Some ancient authorities read grace. 5 Or, to them that are beloved in God the

Father, and kept for Jesus Christ, being called 6 Or, the only Master, and our Lord Jesus Christ 8 Gr. the second time. 9 Or, as an example of eternal

7 Many very ancient authorities read Jesus. fire, suffering punishment

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28 (mg.).

Dan

10.15

& 12. 1. Rev. 12. 7. w2 Esd.4.36.

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16. Cp. 2 Pet. 2. 11.

34. 6.

Cp. Deut. y Zech. 3.2.

z 2 Pet. 2.12.

a See Gen. 4.5-8.

2. 15.

c Num. 16. 1-3, 31-35.

rah.

2 Pet. 2.10. at nought dominion, and "rail at Cp. Ex. 22. 1 dignities. 9 But Michael "the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing judgement, but said, "The Lord rebuke thee. 10 But these rail at whatsoever things they know not: and what they understand naturally, like the creatures without reason, in these things are they 2 destroyed. 11 Woe unto them! for they went in the See 2 Pet. Way of Cain, and ran riotously in the error of Balaam for hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Ko12 These are they who are d 2 Pet. 2.13. hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themProv.25.14. selves; clouds without water, Heb. 13.99 carried along by winds; autumn Isai. 57. 20. trees without fruit, twice dead, Cp. 2 Cor. plucked up by the roots; 13 wild & Phil.3.19. Waves of the sea, foaming out their Own shame; wandering stars, 12 Pet.2.17.1 for whom the blackness of dark ness hath been reserved for ever. 14 And to these also Enoch, m the seventh from Adam, prophesied, saying, "Behold, the Lord came with ten thousands of his holy ones, 15° to execute judgement upon all, and to convict all the ungodly of all their works of ungodliness which they have Pungodly Wrought, and of all the hard things

e Ezek. 34. 2, 8, 10.

h Matt.15.18.

4.2

A Cp. Isai. 14. 12.

m Gen. 5. 18. # See Deut. 33.2.

Cp. Dan. 7.

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17 But ye, beloved, "remember u 2 Pet. & 2. ye the words which have been spoken before by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 18 how that they said to you, "In the last time there shall be mockers, walking after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These are they who make separations, 8 sensual, having not the Spirit. 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 "keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 22 And on some have mercy, 10 who are in doubt; 23 and some save, snatching them out of the fire; and on some have mercy with fear; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. 249 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy, 25 to the only God our Saviour, through Jesus Christ our Lord, 'be glory, majesty, dominion and power, before all time, and now, and 11 for evermore. Amen.

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THE REVELATION

OF S. JOHN THE DIVINE.

I THE Revelation of Jesus I Christ, which God 12a gave him to shew unto his 18 servants, even the things which must shortly d John 19.33. come to pass: and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John; 2d who bare witness of the word of God, and of the ver. 11. 19. testimony of Jesus Christ, even of all things that he saw. 39 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy,

& 19. 10. See 1 Cor. 1. 6.

9 ch. 22. 7. Cp. Luke 11.28

& John 8.51 & 1 John

2.3.

2 Pet. 3. 1. Amos 411. d See 1 Cor. Cp. 2 Cor. Rev. 3. 4.

Zech. 3. 2.

e

3. 15.

5. 11.

Cp. Zech.
3, 4.

Rom.16.25.
12.
Col. 1. 22.

A John 17.12. Cp. 1 Pet. 4. 13.

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Eph. 1.4 Phil. 2. 15. John 5.44. Tim.1.17.

& 5. 27.

Rev. 14. 5.

I See Rom. 11. 36.

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1 Gr. glories. 2 Or, corrupted 8 Or, cast themselves away through 4 Or, spots 5 Gr. shames. 6 Gr. his holy myriads. 7 Gr. their own lusts of ungodlinesses. 8 Or, natural Or, animal 9 The Greek text in this passage (And... fire) is somewhat uncertain. 10 Or, while they dispute with you 11 Gr. unto all the ages. 12 Or, gave unto him, to shew unto his servants the things &c. 13 Gr. bondserrants; and so throughout this book.

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See Rom. 13. 11. i ver. 8. ch. 4. 8.

Heb. 13. 8. Ex.3. j 14 John 1.1.

7 ch. S. 1

5.6. John 18. 37.

mch. 3. 14.

1 Tim. 6.13. Cp. ch.9.15

&P 8.7

& Isai. 55. 4. n Col. 1. 18. Cp.Ps.89.27 & Acts 26.23 & 1 Cor. 15.

20.

a ch. 17. 14 & 19. 16.

27.

p John 13.34 & 15. 9. Rom. 8. 37, al. 91 Pet. 1. 18, 19. rch. 5. 10 & 20. 6.

and the ruler of the kings of the Cp. Ps. 89. earth. Unto him that loveth us, and 19 loosed us from our sins 2 by his blood; 6 and he made us to be ra kingdom, to be " priests unto his God and Father; to him be the glory and "the dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, "he cometh with the clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they which pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth shall mourn over him. Even so, Amen.

1 Pet. 2. 9. s See Rom. 15. 6.

See

Rom. 1 Pet. 4.11. Dan. 7. 13.

11. 86.

See Matt.
16. 27.

w Zech. 12.
10.

8 I am the Alpha and the Omega, John 19.37. saith the Lord God, 5 which is and which was and which is to come, the Almighty.

a ch. 21. 6 & 22. 13.

Cp. Isai.

41. 4

& 43. 10

& 44. 6.

y ver. 4.

Cp. Phil.

4. 14.

a John 16.33.

b2 Tim.2.12. c ch. 3. 10.

See ver. 2. Cp. ch.17.3 & Matt. 22.

e ch. 4. 2.

& 21. 10

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9I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, d for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet 11 saying, "What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven Acts 20.7 churches; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodi

43

& 1 Kin. 18. 12

& Ezek.3.12 &2 Cor.12.2.

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2 Chr. 4. 20. cea. 12 And I turned to see the And voice which spake with me. having turned I saw 'seven golden candlesticks; 13 and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto 8 ka son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and " girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle. 14 And his head and "his Ezek. 1.7. hair were white as white wool, white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; 15 and his feet 2 Esd. 6. 17. like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and 7 his voice as the voice of many waters. 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his & Wisdom mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged & Eph.6.17 Sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth "in his strength. Judg.5.31. 17 And when I saw him, I fell at Dan. 8. 17, his feet as one dead. And he laid & 10.9.10.15. his right hand upon me, "saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one; and "I 9 was dead, and behold, I am alive

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10 for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades. 19 a Write therefore the things which thou sawest, and the things which are, and the things which shall come to pass hereafter; 20 the mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest 11 in my right hand, and the seven e See ver. 12golden candlesticks. The seven

stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candle- d Cp. Matt. sticks are seven churches.

To the angel of the church

2 in Ephesus write;

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These things saith he that ech.1.16,20. holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, he that walketh in the midst fch. 1. 13, of the seven golden candlesticks: 29 I know thy works, and thy toil and patience, and that thou canst not bear evil men, and didst try them which call themselves apostles, and they are not, and didst find them false; 3 and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary. 4 But I have this against thee, that thou didst leave 'thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else "I come to thee, and will move thy 12 candlestick out of its place, except thou repent. 6 But this thou hast, that thou hatest the works of the over. 15. Nicolaitans, which I also hate. 7" He that hath an ear, let him hear ver. 11, 17, what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcometh, to him will I give to eat of "the tree of Matt. 11. 15 life, which is in the 18 Paradise of God.

8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write;

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These things saith the first and the last, "which was dead, and lived again: 9 I know thy tribula-See ch. 1. tion, and "thy poverty (but thou 17. art rich), and the 14 blasphemy of w them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but are a synagogue of Satan. 10 Fear not the things which thou art about to suffer behold, the devil is about to Cp. Gen. cast some of you into prison, "that ye may be tried; 15 and ye shall have 16 tribulation ten days. Be thou faithful a unto death, and I

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e ver. 16. ch. 1. 16. f ver. 9.

5. 8.

See 1 Tim. hActs 22.20. Cp. ch. 1.5

& 11. 3 & 17.6 (mg.).

2. 15.

j ver. 20.

Acts 15. 29.

12 And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write;

9

k

& 26.2. Jer. 20. 12. See Rom. 8.27.

16. 27.

Cp. 1 Cor. 20

z Cp. Acts

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tribulation, except they repent of
her works. 23 And I will kill her
children with death; and all the
churches shall know that I am he
"which searcheth the reins and w Ps. 7.9
hearts and I will give unto each
one of you according to your works.
24 But to you I say, to the rest that see Matt.
are in Thyatira, as many as have
not this teaching, which know not
the deep things of Satan, as they
say; I cast upon you none other
burden. 25 Howbeit "that which
ye have, hold fast till I come.
26 And he that overcometh, and
he that keepeth my works unto
the end, to him will I give author-
ity over the nations: 27 and
shall rule them with a rod
5 iron, as the vessels of the potter
are broken to shivers; as I also
have received of my Father: 28 and
I will give him the morning star.
29 He that hath an ear, let him
hear what the Spirit saith to the
churches.

These things saith he that hath the sharp two-edged sword: 13 I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan's throne is: and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days 1of Antipas "my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth. 14 But I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there some that See 2 Pet. hold the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to cast a stumbling block before the children of Israel, to eat things sacrificed to 1 Cor. 10 idols, and to commit fornication. 15 So hast thou also some that hold the teaching of the Nicolaitans in like manner. 16 Repent therefore; or else I come to thee quickly, 3 and "I will make war against them with the sword of my mouth. 17 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches. To him that overcomo Cp. John eth, to him will I give of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone Pa new name written, which no one knoweth but he that receiveth it.

& 10. 19. k Num. 25.1 & 31. 16.

1 Cor. 10. 8. I ver. 6.

m Cp. ch.

22.7. n See 2 Thess. 2.8.

6. 48-50.

p ch. 3. 12.
Isai. 62. 2
& 65. 15.

4 ch. 19. 12.
Cp. ch.
14. 3.

r ch. 1. 14, 15.

s ver. 2.

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18 And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write;

These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like a flame of fire, and his feet are like unto burnished brass: 19 I know thy works, and thy love and faith and ministry and patience, and that thy last works are more than the first. 20 But I have this against thee, that thou sufferest the woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess; and she teacheth 2 Kin. 9. 7. and seduceth my servants "to commit fornication, and "to eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 And I gave her time that she should repent; and she willeth not to repent of her fornication. 22 Behold, I do cast her into a bed, and them that commit adultery with her into great

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See ver. 7. See Heb. P. 2.8. Cp. ch. 3. 20. 4. ch. 12.5 & 19. 15. Jer. 19. 11. Cp. 2 Pet.

I And to the angel of the church in Sardis write;

e Ps. 2. 9.

Isai. 30. 14.

1. 19.
See ch. 22

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These things saith he 'that i See ch. 1. hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars: I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou 1 Tim.5.6. livest, and thou art dead. 2 Be & See Luke 13. 24. thou watchful, and stablish the things that remain, which were ready to die: for I have found no works of thine fulfilled before my God. 3" Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep it, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, "I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee. 4 But thou hast a few names in Sardis which did not defile their garments: and they shall walk with me in white; for they are worthy. 5'He that overcometh shall thus be arrayed in white garments; and I will in no wise blot his name out of the book of life, and "I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels. 6 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write;

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3 Many ancient authorities read their. 4 Or, pestilence 5 Or, iron; as vessels of the potter, are
they broken 6 Many ancient authorities read not found thy works."

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Jude 23. r ch. 6. 11 & 7.9. Cp. Eeeles. 9.8 9, 40. Cp. Luke Seech 2.7. "See Ex. ch. 13. 8 & 20. 12, 15 21. 27.

& 2 Esd. 2.

20. 85.

32.32.

& 17. S

Phil. 4. 3.

Matt. 10. Luke 12. a

32.

r ch. 6. 10. y ver. 14.

ch. 19. 11.

1 John 5. 20.

Iai. 22.2. Cp. Luke 1.2.

Cp. Matt. 16. 19.

b Acts 14.27.

2 Cor. 2. 12. Col. 4. 3.

c ch. 2. 9.

d Cp. Isai. 45. 14

& 49. 23
& 60. 14.

f ch. 1. 9. 2 Pet. 2. 9.

1

a Job 12.14. hath the key of David, he that openeth, and none shall shut, and that shutteth, and none openeth: 8 I know thy works (behold, I have set before thee a door opened, 1 Cor. 16.9. which none can shut), that thou hast a little power, and didst keep my word, and didst not deny my name. 9 Behold, I give of the synagogue of Satan, of them which say they are Jews, and they are not, but do lie; behold, dI will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to know that e Isai. 43. 4. I have loved thee. 10 Because thou didst keep the word of my patience, I also will keep thee from the hour of 2 trial, that hour which is to come upon the whole world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. III come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown. 12 He that overcometh, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go out thence no more: and I will write upon him "the name of my God, and "the name of the city of my God, "the new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of heaven from my God, and mine own new name. 13 He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

g ch. 6. 10
& 8. 13
& 11. 10

& 13. 8, 14
& 17. 8.

h ch. 22. 7,
12, 20.
i ch. 2. 25.
ch. 2. 10.
* See ch.
2.7.

11 Kin. 7.21.

2 Chr. 3. 17. Jer. 1. 18. Gal. 2. 9.

Cp. Ps.23.6

& 27. 4.
m ch. 14. 1
& 22. 4.

n ch. 21. 2.
Ezek. 48.
35.

Cp. Gal. 4. 26

& Heb. 12.
22.

och. 21. 10.
p ch. 2. 17.
4 Isai. 65. 16
(mg.).

2 Cor. 1.20. r ver. 7.

ch. 1.5 & 19. 11 & 22.6.

18. Cp.ch.21.6 & 22. 13 & Prov. 8. 22.

2. 21.

Cp. 2 Pet. Hos. 12.8. Zech. 11.5.

1 Cor. 4. 8.

14 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write;

8

These things saith the Amen, "the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God: 15 I know thy works, that thou art 15, neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16 So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth. 17" Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked: 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold Isai. 5.1 refined by fire, that thou mayest become rich; and white garments, that thou mayest clothe thyself, and that the shame of thy naked ness be not made manifest; and ych. 16. 15. eyesalve to anoint thine eyes, "that thou mayest see. 19* As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zeal ous therefore, and repent. o Be

v John 9. 39-41. Eph. 1. 18.

Matt. 13. 44 & 25. 9. Cp. Prov. 8. 19. * Cp. ch. 19. 8.

See ver. 4.

2 See Heb. 12. 6.

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hold, I stand at the door and "knock: acp.s.ofs. if any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21He that overcometh, will give to him to sit down with me in my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father in his throne. 22 d He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith to the churches.

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2.7.

See ch. ech. 20. 4. p. ch. 2.

26
& John 12.

26

& 2 Tim. 2.

12.

See Matt. 19. 28. fch. 5. 5

6.9 & 17. 14. ch. 1. 10. 19, 20. ch. 11. 12.

John 16.33.

-Cp. Ex. 19.

i ch. 1. 1, 19 & 22.6.

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I After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will shew thee the things which must come to pass hereafter. 2 Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne; 3 and he that sat was to look upon like a 'jasper stone and a sardius: and there was ma rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald to look upon. 4 And round about the throne were four and twenty thrones: and upon the thrones I saw four and twenty elders sitting, arrayed in white garments; and on their heads? crowns of gold. 5 And out of the throne proceed light-1. nings and voices and thunders. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God; 6 and before the throne, as it were a glassy sea like unto crystal; and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, "four living creatures "full of eyes before and behind. 7" And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf, and the third creature had a face as of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four living creatures, having each one of them six wings, x Isai. 6. 2. are full of eyes round about and y ver. 6. within: and they have no rest day and night, saying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God, the Almighty, which was and which is and which is to come. 9 And when the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanks to him that sitteth on the throne, to him that deh. 5. 8, 14 liveth 8 for ever and ever, 10 the four and twenty elders shall fall

5 Or, sanctuary: and so

1 Gr. given. 2 Or, temptation 3 Gr. inhabited carth. 4 Or, tempt throughout this book. 6 Or, come to pass. After these things straightway &c. 7 Or, which cometh 8 Gr. unto the ages of the ages.

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