Revelation 1:20

Revelation 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Revelation or the Apocalypse of John in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The book is traditionally attributed to John the Apostle, but the precise identity of the author is a point of academic debate. This chapter contains the prologue of the book, followed by the vision and commission of John. Text The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 20 verses. Textual witnesses Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others: Papyrus 98 (2nd century; extant verses 13–20) Papyrus 18 (3rd/4th century; extant verses 4–7) Codex Sinaiticus (330-360) Codex Alexandrinus (400-440) Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus (c. 450; extant verses 3-20) Old Testament references Among the Old Testament references in this chapter, about half of them in the verses 7–20 come from the Book of Daniel, especially Daniel 7 and 10. Beale, therefore, regards this part of the chapter as a "midrash." (A midrash is an ancient commentary on part of the Hebrew scriptures.) Those two chapters of Daniel describe the "Son of man," which is used by John as a model in the framework of his writing, as partially listed in the following table: