Verš 3
Blessed is he who reads or hears the words of this Prophecy, and who keeps the things that have been written in it. For the time is near.
Zjv 22:7 - “For behold, I am approaching quickly! Blessed is he who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.”
Zjv 22:10 - And he said to me: “Do not seal the words of the prophecy of this book. For the time is near.
Verš 4
John, to the seven Churches, which are in Asia. Grace and peace to you, from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are in the sight of his throne,
Zjv 1:8 - “I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Ex 3:14 - God said to Moses, “I AM WHO AM.” He said: “Thus shall you say to the sons of Israel: ‘HE WHO IS has sent me to you.’ ”
Zjv 4:8 - And each of the four living creatures had upon them six wings, and all around and within they are full of eyes. And they took no rest, day or night, from saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and who is, and who is to come.”
Zjv 11:17 - “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is, and who was, and who is to come. For you have taken your great power, and you have reigned.
Zjv 16:5 - And I heard the Angel of the waters saying: “You are just, O Lord, who is and who was: the Holy One who has judged these things.
Verš 5
and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first-born of the dead, and the leader over the kings of the earth, who has loved us and has washed us from our sins with his blood,
Iz 55:4 - Behold, I have presented him as a witness to the people, as a commander and instructor to the nations.
Zjv 3:14 - And to the Angel of the Church of Laodicea write: Thus says the Amen, the faithful and true Witness, who is the Beginning of the creation of God:
1Kor 15:20 - But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
Kol 1:18 - And he is the head of his body, the Church. He is the beginning, the first-born from the dead, so that in all things he may hold primacy.
Sk 20:28 - Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.
Heb 9:12 - entered once into the Holy of Holies, having obtained eternal redemption, neither by the blood of goats, nor of calves, but by his own blood.
Heb 9:14 - how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the Holy Spirit has offered himself, immaculate, to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works, in order to serve the living God?
1Pt 1:19 - but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,
1Jn 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, just as he also is in the light, then we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus Christ, his Son, cleanses us from all sin.
Zjv 5:9 - And they were singing a new canticle, saying: “O Lord, you are worthy to receive the book and to open its seals, because you were slain and have redeemed us for God, by your blood, from every tribe and language and people and nation.
Verš 6
and who has made us into a kingdom and into priests for God and for his Father. To him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.
1Pt 2:9 - But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, an acquired people, so that you may announce the virtues of him who has called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Zjv 5:10 - And you have made us into a kingdom and into priests for our God, and we shall reign over the earth.”
Rim 12:1 - And so, I beg you, brothers, by the mercy of God, that you offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, with the subservience of your mind.
1Pt 2:5 - be also yourselves like living stones, built upon him, a spiritual house, a holy priesthood, so as to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
Verš 7
Behold, he arrives with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, even those who pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall lament for themselves over him. Even so. Amen.
Dan 7:13 - I watched, therefore, in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man arrived, and he approached all the way to the ancient of days, and they presented him before him.
Mt 24:30 - And then the sign of the Son of man shall appear in heaven. And then all tribes of the earth shall mourn. And they shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with great power and majesty.
Mt 25:31 - But when the Son of man will have arrived in his majesty, and all the Angels with him, then he will sit upon the seat of his majesty.
Sk 1:11 - And they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall return in just the same way that you have seen him going up to heaven.”
1Sol 1:10 - and to the expectation of his Son from heaven (whom he raised up from the dead), Jesus, who has rescued us from the approaching wrath.
2Sol 1:10 - when he arrives to be glorified in his saints, and to become a wonder in all those who have believed, in that day, because our testimony has been believed by you.
Júd 1:14 - And about these, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied, saying: “Behold, the Lord is arriving with thousands of his saints,
Za 12:10 - And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of prayers. And they will look upon me, whom they have pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son, and they will feel sorrow over him, as one would be sorrowful at the death of a firstborn.
Jn 19:37 - And again, another Scripture says: “They shall look upon him, whom they have pierced.”
Verš 8
“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End,” says the Lord God, who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Iz 41:4 - Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
Iz 44:6 - Thus says the Lord, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and there is no God apart from me.
Zjv 21:6 - And he said to me: “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To those who thirst, 707 I will give freely from the fountain of the water of life.
Zjv 22:13 - I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End.”
Verš 10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, like that of a trumpet,
Zjv 4:2 - And immediately I was in the Spirit. And behold, a throne had been placed in heaven, and there was One sitting upon the throne.
Verš 13
And in the midst of the seven golden lampstands was one resembling the Son of man, clothed to the feet with a vestment, and wrapped to the breast with a wide belt of gold.
Ez 1:26 - And above the firmament, which was suspended over their heads, there was the likeness of a throne, with the appearance of the sapphire stone. And over the likeness of the throne, there was a likeness with the appearance of a man above it.
Dan 7:13 - I watched, therefore, in the vision of the night, and behold, with the clouds of heaven, one like a son of man arrived, and he approached all the way to the ancient of days, and they presented him before him.
Zjv 14:14 - And I saw, and behold, a white cloud. And upon the cloud was one sitting, resembling a son of man, having a crown of gold on his head, and a sharp sickle in his hand.
Zjv 15:6 - And the seven Angels went forth from the temple, holding the seven afflictions, clothed with clean white linen, and girded around the chest with wide golden belts.
Verš 14
But his head and hair were bright, like white wool, or like snow; and his eyes were like a flame of fire;
Dan 7:9 - I watched until thrones were set up, and the ancient of days sat down. His garment was radiant like snow, and the hair of his head like clean wool; his throne was flames of fire, its wheels had been set on fire.
Zjv 19:12 - And his eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, having a name written, which no one knows except himself.
Verš 15
and his feet resembled shining brass, just as in a burning furnace; and his voice was like the voice of many waters.
Zjv 14:2 - And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of a great thunder. And the voice that I heard was like that of singers, while playing on their stringed instruments.
Verš 16
And in his right hand, he held the seven stars; and from his mouth went out a sharp two-edged sword; and his face was like the sun, shining with all its might.
Iz 49:2 - And he has appointed my mouth as a sharp sword. In the shadow of his hand, he has protected me. And he has appointed me as an elect arrow. In his quiver, he has hidden me.
Ef 6:17 - And take up the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit (which is the Word of God).
Heb 4:12 - For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Zjv 2:16 - So do penance to the same extent. If you do less, I will come to you quickly and I will fight against these ones with the sword of my mouth.
Zjv 19:15 - And from his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword, so that with it he may strike the nations. And he shall rule them with an iron rod. And he treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty.
Verš 17
And when I had seen him, I fell at his feet, like one who is dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.
Iz 41:4 - Who has worked and accomplished these things, calling to the generations from the beginning? “It is I, the Lord! I am the first and the last.”
Iz 44:6 - Thus says the Lord, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the Lord of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last, and there is no God apart from me.
Iz 48:12 - Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel whom I call. I am the same, I am the first, and I am the last.
Verš 18
And I am alive, though I was dead. And, behold, I live forever and ever. And I hold the keys of 699 death and of Hell.
Rim 6:9 - For we know that Christ, in rising up from the dead, can no longer die: death no longer has dominion over him.
Jób 12:14 - If he tears down, there is no one who can build up; if he encloses a man, there is no one who can open.
Iz 22:22 - And I will place the key of the house of David upon his shoulder. And when he opens, no one will close. And when he closes, no one will open.
Zjv 3:7 - And to the Angel of the Church of Philadelphia write: Thus says the Holy One, the True One, he who holds the key of David. He opens and no one closes. He closes and no one opens.
Zjv 20:1 - And I saw an Angel, descending from heaven, holding in his hand the key of the abyss and a great chain.
Verš 20
the mystery of the seven stars, which you have seen in my right hand, and of the seven golden lampstands. The seven stars are the Angels of the seven Churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven Churches.”
Mal 2:7 - For the lips of the priests will keep knowledge, and they will request the law from his mouth, because he is an angel of the Lord of hosts.
Zjv 1,1 - Hovorí sa tu o veciach, ktoré sa majú onedlho stať (22, 6) nie z hľadiska času, ale z hľadiska Boha (porov. 2 Pt 3, 8). Ide vlastne o poslednú fázu dejín spasenia, ktorá sa začala veľkonočnou udalosťou.
Zjv 1,4 - Sedem cirkví je vymenovaných v 11. verši. Listy, ktoré sú týmto cirkvám adresované, nachádzajú sa v 2. a 3. kap. Číslo sedem je symbolom plnosti, a preto sa právom tvrdí, že Jánovo učenie nebolo adresované výlučne iba týmto miestnym cirkvám, ale že obsahuje všeobecné a trvalé posolstvo. Názov Boha: "ktorý je, ktorý bol a ktorý príde", je istá obmena toho mena, pod ktorým sa Boh zjavil Mojžišovi na vrchu Horeb (Ex 3, 14). Výrazom "ktorý príde" dostáva Božie meno eschatologický nádych. Sedem duchov znamená plnosť Ducha. Ide o vplyv Iz 11, 2–3.
Zjv 1,5 - Prvorodeného z mŕtvych znamená prvého vzkrie-seného. Porov. Kol 1, 18.
Zjv 1,6 - Hovorí o všeobecnom kňazstve veriacich podľa vzoru Izraela (Ex 19, 6; 1 Pt 2, 9).
Zjv 1,7 - Porov. Dan 7, 13; Zach 12, 10. 14; Jn 19, 37.
Zjv 1,8 - Alfa je prvé a omega posledné písmeno gréckej abecedy. Je to symbol Boha ako prvej príčiny a posledného cieľa všetkého jestvujúceho.
Zjv 1,9 - Patmos je ostrov v Egejskom mori, asi 75 km na juhozápad od Efezu.
Zjv 1,10 - Pánov deň je nedeľa. Ide tu o prvé svedectvo prenesenia sakrálneho charakteru židovskej soboty na deň Kristovho zmŕtvychvstania. Porov. 1 Kor 16, 2.
Zjv 1,12 - Sedem zlatých svietnikov predstavuje sedem cirkví (v. 20).
Zjv 1,13-15 - Ježiš Kristus je tu vykreslený obrazmi vypožičanými zo Starého zákona, ako veľkňaz (dlhé rúcho), kráľ (zlatý pás). Biele vlasy sú symbolom večnosti, oči ako plameň ohňa symbolom vševedúcnosti a nohy z kovu symbolom nezmeniteľnosti. Porov. Dan 7, 13; 10, 5–6; Ez 43,2.
Zjv 1,16 - Sedem hviezd je sedem anjelov cirkví (v. 20). Niektorí pod anjelmi rozumejú biskupov. Ostrý dvojsečný meč je symbolom sudcovskej moci. Porov. Iz 11, 4.
