Revelation 1:1 (LSB)

Passage

The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His slaves the things which must soon happen; and He indicated this by sending it through His angel to His slave John,

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:1 The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show to His slaves the things which must soon happen; and He indicated this by sending it through His angel to His slave John,

Revelation 1:2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the witness of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.

Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy and keep the things which are written in it, for the time is near.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "revelation", "jesus", "christ", "gave", "show", "slaves", "things", and "must". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "revelation" and "jesus", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "who bore witness to the word of...", so "revelation" and "jesus" should be read forward into that movement. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "revelation" and "jesus" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.