1 Or, sapphire 2 Gr. portals. 3 Or, transparent as glass Lamb, the lamp thereof 5 Or, by Gr. common. 7 Or, doeth 8 Or, the Lamb. In 2 3 beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprase; the 4 5 8 Or, and the and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. shall walk amidst the light thereof the earth do bring their glory into it. thereof shall in no wise be shut by day (for there shall be no night there): and they shall bring the glory 26 and the honour of the nations into it: and there shall 27 in no wise enter into it any thing unclean, or he that 'maketh an abomination and a lie: but only they who are written in the Lamb's book of life. And he 22 shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the midst of the street thereof. And on 2 this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve manner of fruits, yielding its fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. And there shall be "no curse any 3 more: and the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be therein and his servants shall serve him; and they shall see his face; and his name shall be on 4 their foreheads. And there shall be night no more; 5 and they need no light of lamp, neither light of sun; for the Lord God shall give them light: and they shall reign" for ever and ever. the midst of the street thereof, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life 9 Or, a tree 10 Or, crops no more any thing accursed 12 Gr. unto the ages of the ages. 9 11 And he said unto me, These words are faithful and 6 true: and the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly come to pass. And behold, 7 I come quickly. Blessed is he that keepeth the words of the prophecy of this book. And I John am he that heard and saw these things. 8 And when I heard and saw, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel who shewed me these 9 things. And he saith unto me, See thou do it not: I am a fellow-servant with thee and with thy brethren the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book worship God. 10 And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the 11 prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand. He that is unrighteous, let him do unrighteousness 'still: 1Or, and he that is filthy, let him be made filthy 'still: and yet more he that is righteous, let him do righteousness 'still: 12 and he that is holy, let him be made holy 'still. Behold, I come quickly; and my 'reward is with me, to 2 Or, wages 13 render to each man according as his work is. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the 14 beginning and the end. Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to Or, the the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into authority 15 the city. Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, Gr. portals and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie. 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the Gr. over. offspring of David, the bright, the morning star. 5 5 Or, doeth 17 And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he "Or, Both that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely. Gr. upon. 9 Or, even from the things which are written 10 Some 18 I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto them, God shall add unto him the plagues which are 19 written in this book: and if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book. He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: come, Lord Jesus. 21 The grace of the Lord Jesus 10 be 11 with the saints. read with 20 Amen. ancient authorities add Christ. 11 Two ancient authorities all. List of readings and renderings preferred by the English Revisers. CLASSES OF PASSAGES. I. Insert "S." (i.e. Saint) in the title of the Gospels, and in the heading of the pages. II. Insert "the Apostle" in the title of the Pauline Epistles (except Galatians, Titus, and Philemon), and "of Paul the Apostle" in the title of the Epistle to the Hebrews; insert the word "General" in the title of the Epistles of James, Peter, 1 John, and Jude; and let the title of the Revelation run "The Revelation of S. John the Divine." III. For "Holy Spirit" (occurring more than 90 times) substitute "Holy Ghost" with marg. "Holy Spirit' except in Matt. xii. 32; Mark iii. 29; xii. 36; Luke ii. 25, 26; iv. 1; x. 21; xi. 13; xii. 10, 12; John i. 33; vii. 39 marg.; xiv. 26; Acts ii. 4; vi. 5; 1 Cor. xii. 3; Eph. i. 13; iv. 30; 1 Thess. iv. 8; Jude 20. In Luke xi. 13; Eph. i. 13; iv. 30; 1 Thess. iv. 8" Holy Spirit" is the rendering of the Authorized Version, as it is in the Old Testament (Ps. li. 11; Is. lxiii. 10, 11). IV. Put into the text uniformly "by" in place of "through" when it relates to prophecy, viz. in Matt. ii. 5, 17, 23; iii. 3; iv. 14; viii. 17; xii. 17; xiii. 35; xxi. 4; xxiv. 15; xxvii. 9; Luke xviii. 31; Acts ii. 16; xxviii. 25. And put "Ór, through" in the margin. V. For "try" or "make trial of" ("trial "), where enticement to what is wrong is not meant, substitute "tempt" ("temptation"); viz. in the following instances: Matt. iv. 7; xvi. Î; xix. 3; xxii. 18, 35; Mark viii. 11; x. 2; xii. 15; Luke iv. 12; x. 25; xi. 16; xxii. 28; John viii. 6; Acts v. 9; xv. 10; 1 Cor. x. 9; Heb. iii. 8, 9; 1 Pet. i. 6. VI. For modern forms of speech substitute the following archaisms: (1) For "are" substitute "be" in Matt. vii. 13, 14; xvi. 28; Mark vii. 4; ix. 1; Luke ix. 27; xiii. 23; xx. 6; John viii. 33; Acts xix. 26; Rom. iii. 8; 1 Cor. iv. 17; viii. 5; 2 Cor. i. 6 (twice), 20; xiii. 5 (twice); Gal. iii. 7, 9; Phil. iii. 15; 1 Thess. v. 7; Heb. v. 12 marg. 4 (2) For "drag" in Luke xii. 58 substitute "hale", and for "dragging away" in Acts viii. 3 substitute "haling". (3) For "know" in Acts iii. 17; vii. 40; Rom. xi. 2; Phil. i. 22 (text and marg.) substitute "wot". And for "knew" in Mark ix. 6; xiv. 40; Luke ii. 49; John v. 13; Acts xii. 9; xxiii. 5 substitute "wist". (4) In many passages, too numerous to specify, substitute "which" for 66 'who" or "that" when used of persons. [(5) For "while" substitute "whiles" in Matt. v. 25; Acts v. 4.] VII. For "demon" ("demons") representing daíuwv, daμóviov (occurring 62 times) substitute "devil" ("devils"); for "possessed ("vexed") with a demon" ("demons") representing daμoviSoua (occurring 13 times) substitute "possessed (vexed") with a devil" ("devils"); and add marg. "Gr. demon". or "Gr. demons". VIII. After "baptize" let "in" in the text and "with" in the margin exchange IX. In seventeen (of more than thirty) instances in which "covenant" occurs X. Omit" stedfastness" as marginal alternate of "patience" in rendering the xiv. 12. The same Greek word occurs in Luke viii. 15; 2 Cor. i. 6; Heb. xii. 1; James XI. Let áoσápiov be rendered " farthing" in Matt. x. 29; Luke xii. 6. And let XII. Omit "Or, God and the Father" as marginal alternate of "the God and XIII. For "made full" (as in John iii. 29; xv. 11; xvi. 24; xvii. 13), and for "per- II. III. MATTHEW. 2 Against "worship" omit marg. "The Greek word denotes an act Against "to his baptism" omit marg. 1 "Or, for baptism" 10 For "now the axe lieth at" read "now is the axe laid unto" Simi- VI. 11 Against "our daily bread" in marg. 2 omit "Or, our needful bread" 27 For "the measure of his life" read "his stature" omit marg. 1 and VIII. 4 Here and in Matt. xxvii. 65; Mark i. 44 for "go" read "go thy [your] IX. 6,8 For" authority" read "power" and put “authority” in the margin. So in Mark ii. 10; Luke v. 24. X. 39 Against "life" add marg. "Or, soul" So in Matt. xvi. 25; Mark viii. XII. 23 For "Can this be the son of David?" read "Is this the son of David?" 31 Against "unto men" add marg. "Some ancient authorities read XIX. 14 For "to such belongeth" read "of such is" and omit marg. of such is" So in Mark x. 14; Luke xviii. 16. XX. 1 For "that was" read "that is" ་་ 6" Or, XXII. 23 For marg. 5 instead of " Many ancient authorities" &c. read "Gr. saying". XXIII. 9 For "Father, even he who is in heaven" read "Father, which is in 23 For "justice" read "judgement" So in Luke xi. 42. |