Revelation 2:8
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;”
ζάω
To live, to be alive. Zao. I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live. Life in Scripture is always relational. To live is to be connected to the source of life.
ἐκκλησία
church
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ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
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πρῶτος
First
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πρῶτος
First, foremost, chief. Protos. The first shall be last and the last first. God constantly reverses human rankings. What the world considers great God may consider least.
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γίνομαι
became
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γίνομαι
To become, to come into being, to happen. Ginomai. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. What is true in heaven is meant to become true on earth through prayer.
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νεκρός
dead
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νεκρός
Dead, lifeless, without power. Nekros. God who gives life to the dead. If God can raise the dead there is nothing in your situation that is beyond His power to restore.
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λέγω
says
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λέγω
To say, to speak with authority. Jesus said and it was so. When Jesus speaks everything listens. His words carry the weight of creation behind them.
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ἔσχατος
Last,
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ἔσχατος
Last, final. I am the first and the last. Jesus holds both ends of time. Nothing catches Him by surprise and nothing is beyond His reach.
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γράφω
do write:
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γράφω
To write, to record. These things are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ and have life in His name.
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ὅδε
These things
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ὅδε
the same, i.e. this or that one (plural these or those); often used as a personal pronoun
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Σμύρνα
Smyrna
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Σμύρνα
Smyrna, a place in Asia Minor
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