Isa 41:4, Rev 22:13 | JFB | STEP | 4. Who —else but God? calling . . . generations from . . . beginning —The origin and position of all nations are from God ( ); what is true of Cyrus and his conquests is true of all the movements of history from the first; all are from God. with the last

Isaiah 41:4

4. Who—else but God?

calling . . . generations from . . . beginning—The origin and position of all nations are from God (De 32:8; Ac 17:26); what is true of Cyrus and his conquests is true of all the movements of history from the first; all are from God.

with the last—that is, the last (Isa 44:6; 48:12).

Revelation of John 22:13

13. I am Alpha—Greek, ". . . the Alpha and the Omega." A, B, Vulgate, Syriac, ORIGEN, and CYPRIAN transpose thus, "the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End." ANDREAS supports English Version. Compare with these divine titles assumed here by the Lord Jesus, Re 1:8, 17; 21:6. At the winding up of the whole scheme of revelation He announces Himself as the One before whom and after whom there is no God.