Revelation 1:1 (WEB)

Passage

This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:1 This is the Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things which must happen soon, which he sent and made known by his angel to his servant, John,

Revelation 1:2 who testified to God’s word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

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

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "revelation", "jesus", "christ", "gave", "show", "servants", "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 testified to God s word and...", 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.