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Revelation 21:5

And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

KJV

καὶ εἶπεν ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ· ἰδοὺ καινὰ ποιῶ πάντα. καὶ λέγει· γράψον, ὅτι οὗτοι οἱ λόγοι πιστοὶ καὶ ἀληθινοί εἰσιν.

Greek NT

Et dixit qui sedebat in throno : Ecce nova facio omnia. Et dixit mihi : Scribe, quia hæc verba fidelissima sunt, et vera.

Vulgate

And he that sitteth on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he saith, Write: for these words are faithful and true.

ASV

And he that sat on the throne, said: Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me: Write. For these words are most faithful and true.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

γράφω
grapho
verb · 192×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
θρόνος
thronos
noun · 62×
κάθημαι
kathemai
verb · 89×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καινός
kainos
adjective · 41×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λόγος
logos
noun · 330×
οὗτος
outos
demonstrative · 1380×
πιστός
pistos
adjective · 67×
ποιέω
poieo
verb · 569×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀληθινός
alethinos
adjective · 28×
ἐπί
epi
preposition · 888×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Intertextual echoes

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

  • Isa 43:18 · allusion
    "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old."
    Isaiah: behold I make all things new — the new creation

Textual variants

3 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: καινὰ ποιῶ πάντα | WH/Treg/NIV: καινὰ ποιῶ πάντα | RP: πάντα καινὰ ποιῶ
  • καινὰ ποιῶ πάνταSBLGNT
  • καινὰ ποιῶ πάνταWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • πάντα καινὰ ποιῶRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: λέγει | WH/NIV: λέγει | Treg/RP: + μοι
  • λέγειSBLGNT
  • λέγειWestcott-Hort, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + μοιTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: πιστοὶ καὶ ἀληθινοί | WH/Treg/NIV: πιστοὶ καὶ ἀληθινοί | RP: ἀληθινοὶ καὶ πιστοί
  • πιστοὶ καὶ ἀληθινοίSBLGNT
  • πιστοὶ καὶ ἀληθινοίWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • ἀληθινοὶ καὶ πιστοίRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Themes

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Prophecy

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§117The spiritual sense. Thanks to the unity of God's plan, not only the text of Scripture but also the realities and events about which it speaks can be signs. 1. the allegorical sense. We can acquire a more profound understanding of events by recognizing their significance in Christ; thus the crossing of the Red Sea is a sign or type of Christ's victory and also of Christian Bapt…
§1044In this new universe, the heavenly Jerusalem, God will have his dwelling among men.632 "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain any more, for the former things have passed away."633
He contends that these testimonies already alleged cannot be understood allegorically of celestial blessings, but that they shall have their fulfilment after the coming of Antichrist, and the resurrection, in the terrestrial Jerusalem. To the former prophecies he subjoins others drawn from Isaiah, Jeremiah, and the Apocalypse of John. 1. If, however, any shall endeavour to alle…

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 1:15 — This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
  • 2Cor 5:17 — Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
  • Col 3:10 — And have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him:
  • Dan 11:2 — And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up al
  • Eccl 1:9 — The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.
  • Ezek 36:26 — A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
  • Gal 6:15 — For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature.
  • Hab 2:2 — And the LORD answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.
  • Isa 42:9 — Behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things do I declare: before they spring forth I tell you of them.
  • Isa 43:19 — Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
  • Isa 43:19 — Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.
  • Luke 5:38 — But new wine must be put into new bottles; and both are preserved.
  • Matt 19:28 — And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, ju
  • Ps 104:30 — Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
  • Rev 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, an
  • Rev 1:11 — Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, an
  • Rev 1:19 — Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
  • Rev 4:2 — And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
  • Rev 4:2 — And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
  • Rev 4:9 — And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever,
  • Rev 7:10 — And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
  • Rev 14:13 — And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do foll
  • Rev 19:9 — And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
  • Rev 19:9 — And he saith unto me, Write, Blessed are they which are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. And he saith unto me, These are the true sayings of God.
  • Rev 20:11 — And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.
  • Rev 21:1 — And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
  • Rev 22:6 — And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
  • Rev 22:6 — And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.