Passage Research
Revelation 1 — Sermon Preparation
John receives a vision of the glorified Christ on the island of Patmos and is commissioned to write to the seven churches of Asia. Below is a research summary for Revelation 1, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 20
- verses
- 469 / 159
- Greek words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Revelation 1 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἑπτά | heptá | G2033 | 11 | seven |
| λυχνία | lychnía | G3087 | 4 | candlestick |
| ἐκκλησία | ekklēsía | G1577 | 4 | assembly, church |
| φωνή | phōnḗ | G5456 | 4 | noise, sound, voice |
| χρυσοῦς | chrýseos | G5552 | 3 | of gold, golden |
| ἀστήρ | astḗr | G792 | 3 | star |
| δεξιός | dexiós | G1188 | 3 | right |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Revelation 1, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The churches receive their light from Christ and the gospel, and hold it forth to others. They are golden candlesticks; they should be precious and pure; not only the ministers, but the members of the churches; their light should so shine before men, as to engage others to give glory to God. And the apostle saw as though of the Lord Jesus Christ appeared in the midst of the golden candlesticks. He is with his churches always, to the end of the world, filling them with light, and life, and love. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Revelation 1:12–25 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Asia— Rev 1:11
- Ephesus— Rev 1:11
- Laodicea— Rev 1:11
- Pergamum— Rev 1:11
- Philadelphia— Rev 1:11
- Sardis— Rev 1:11
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