Revelation 22:20

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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Word by word — the Greek

Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
which	ὁ ho	G3588	the (sometimes to be supplied · article — nominative singular masculine
testifieth	μαρτυρῶν marturōn	G3140	to be a witness · verb — present active participle, nominative singular masculine
things	ταῦτα taûta	G5023	these things
saith	Λέγει Legei	G3004	properly · verb — present active indicative, 3rd person singular
Surely	ναὶ nai	G3483	yes · particle
I come	ἔρχομαι erchomai	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — present middle or passive deponent indicative, 1st person singular
quickly	ταχύ· tachu	G5035	shortly · adverb
Amen	ἀμήν. amēn	G281	properly · interjection — Hebrew
so	ναί nai	G3483	yes · particle
come	ἔρχου, erchou	G2064	to come or go (in a great variety of applications · verb — present middle or passive deponent imperative, 2nd person singular
Lord	κύριε kurie	G2962	supreme in authority · noun — vocative singular masculine, a title
Jesus	Ἰησοῦ.¶ Iēsou	G2424	Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua) · noun — vocative singular masculine, a proper name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Revelation 22:7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book.
Hebrews 9:28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvat…
Revelation 22:12 And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be.
2 Timothy 4:8 Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me o…
1 Corinthians 16:22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
Isaiah 25:9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is the LORD; we have waited for him…
Revelation 1:2 Who bare record of the word of God, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, and of all things that he saw.
Revelation 22:10 And he saith unto me, Seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book: for the time is at hand.

Cross-references from OpenBible.info (CC BY), in the lineage of the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 22:20–end

We have now come to the conclusion of the whole, and that in three things: - I. Christ's farewell to his church. He seems now, after he has been discovering these things to his people on earth, to take leave of them, and return to heaven; but he parts with them in great kindness, and assures them it shall not be long before he comes again to them: Behold, I come quickly. As when he ascended into heaven, after his resurrection, he parted with a promise of his gracious presence, so here he parts with a promise of a speedy return. If any say, "Where is the promise of his coming, when so many ages have passed since this was written?" let them know he is not slack to his people, but long-sufferi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 22:20

Amen. Even so, come--The Song of Solomon (Sol 8:14) closes with the same yearning prayer for Christ's coming. A, B, and Aleph omit "Even so," Greek, "nai": then translate for Amen, "So be it, come, Lord Jesus"; joining the "Amen," or "So be it," not with Christ's saying (for He calls Himself the "Amen" at the beginning of sentences, rather than puts it as a confirmation at the end), but with John's reply. Christ's "I come," and John's "Come," are almost coincident in time; so truly does the believer reflect the mind of his Lord.

Adam Clarke on Revelation 22:20

Surely I come quickly - This may be truly said to every person in every age; Jesus the Judge is at the door! Even so, come, Lord Jesus - The wish and desire of the suffering Church, and of all the followers of God, who are longing for the coming of his kingdom.

John Gill on Revelation 22:20

He which testifieth these things,.... Not the angel, Revelation 22:16 nor John, who sometimes used this way of speaking, John 21:24 but Christ, as appears from what follows; for he saith, surely I come quickly; who not only asserts the speediness of his coming, as in Revelation 22:7 but expresses the certainty of it, so that it ought not to be doubted of by any, especially by his own people; though it may seem to be deferred, and, upon that account, be derided by ungodly men; and Christ may have some respect, in this strong repetition of it, to the certainty of the punishment that will then be inflicted upon such who add to, or diminish from this book; for he himself will certainly come in…

The Church Fathers

He who testifies to these things says, "Surely, I am coming quickly." The same Christ testifies, who announces to the Church that he will come. To which, in the manner of the Song of Songs, the Church devoutly responds:
— Bede, Commentary on Revelation

Let us pray that the Lord Jesus Christ deign to come to us according to his promise and through his mercy free us from the prison of this world and for the sake of his compassion lead us to his blessedness. With the Father and the Holy Spirit he lives and reigns into all eternity. Amen.
— Caesarius of Arles, EXPOSITION ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:20, HOMILY 19

The selfsame Christ who gave his testimony announces to the church that he is coming. And to him the church devoutly responds in the manner of the Song of Songs, "Amen, Come, Lord Jesus Christ." And when the church prays, it says, "Your kingdom come!" and "in the way that is blameless, when you will come to me."
— Primasius of Hadrumetum, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 22:20

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Amen · A word used to reenforce a statement — A word used to reenforce a statement
Second Coming Of Christ, The · Saints: Pray for — Saints: Pray for

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 22:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 22:20

Adam Clarke on Revelation 22:20

John Gill on Revelation 22:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Revelation 22:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Revelation 22:20

Adam Clarke on Revelation 22:20

John Gill on Revelation 22:20

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Revelation 22:20