saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, what you shall see, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia; to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

as soon as I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead: but he laid his right hand upon me, and said, "Fear not; I am the first and the last:

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna, write, "THESE things saith the first and last, who was dead, and is alive."

your charitable offices, your faith, and your patience, and that your last works exceed the first.

they overcame him by the blood of the lamb, and by the word to which they gave testimony; for their lives they expos'd to the last.

I saw another prodigy in heaven, great and marvellous, SEVEN ANGELS, having the seven last plagues, for by them the divine vengeance is consummated.

Then there came to me one of the seven angels, who had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, "come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the lamb's wife."

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last.