Revelation of John 1:11

I am Alpha and Omega. These words are omitted in the Revised Version, as not found in the best MSS.

What thou seest. In all the visions of the Book of Revelation.

Write in a book. The Greek says "in a roll", which was the form of books in the East at that time.

Unto Ephesus. The seven churches are now named. For notes on these churches and the cities where they were located, see chapters 2 and 3. Two of the churches named had received epistles from the Apostle Paul.

Revelation of John 1:19

Write the things which thou hast seen. Not only the vision just seen, but the things which are, viz., the description of the state of the churches given in chapters 2 and 3; and also the things which shall be hereafter, viz., the revelation of future history recorded in chaps. 6-20.
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