Verš 3
Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.
Zjv 22:7 - Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Zjv 22:10 - And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.
Verš 4
John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;
Zjv 1:8 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Ex 3:14 - And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
Zjv 4:8 - And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.
Zjv 11:17 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
Zjv 16:5 - And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.
Verš 5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Iz 55:4 - Behold, I have given him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people.
Zjv 3:14 - And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
1Kor 15:20 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
Kol 1:18 - And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
Sk 20:28 - Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Heb 9:12 - Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Heb 9:14 - How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
1Pt 1:19 - But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
1Jn 1:7 - But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Zjv 5:9 - And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Verš 6
And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
1Pt 2:9 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:
Zjv 5:10 - And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
Rim 12:1 - I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
1Pt 2:5 - Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
Verš 7
Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
Dan 7:13 - I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Mt 24:30 - And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Mt 25:31 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory:
Sk 1:11 - Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
1Sol 1:10 - And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
2Sol 1:10 - When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.
Júd 1:14 - And Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints,
Za 12:10 - And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
Jn 19:37 - And again another scripture saith, They shall look on him whom they pierced.
Verš 8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
Iz 41:4 - Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Iz 44:6 - Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Zjv 21:6 - And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Zjv 22:13 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.
Verš 10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Zjv 4:2 - And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
Verš 13
And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Ez 1:26 - And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Dan 7:13 - I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
Zjv 14:14 - And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud one sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
Zjv 15:6 - And the seven angels came out of the temple, having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, and having their breasts girded with golden girdles.
Verš 14
His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Dan 7:9 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Zjv 19:12 - His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
Verš 15
And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Zjv 14:2 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:
Verš 16
And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Iz 49:2 - And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
Ef 6:17 - And take 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 quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
Zjv 2:16 - Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of my mouth.
Zjv 19:15 - And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
Verš 17
And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
Iz 41:4 - Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
Iz 44:6 - Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Iz 48:12 - Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
Verš 18
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Rim 6:9 - Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Jób 12:14 - Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Iz 22:22 - And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Zjv 3:7 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Zjv 20:1 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Verš 20
The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
Mal 2:7 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger 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.