9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.

• Isa 48:12 · allusion
  "Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last."
  Isaiah: I am the first and the last — Christ's self-identification

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

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

• Col 1:18 — And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence.
• Gen 1:1 — In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
• Isa 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Isa 41:4 — Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Isa 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 44:6 — Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
• Isa 48:12 — Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
• Isa 48:12 — Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
• John 1:1 — In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
• Mal 3:6 — For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
• Rev 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• Rev 1:8 — I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
• 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 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Rev 1:17 — And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:
• Rev 3:14 — And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;
• Rev 21:6 — And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Rev 21:6 — And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
• Zech 12:8 — In that day shall the LORD defend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; and he that is feeble among them at that day shall be as David; and the house of David shall be as God, as the angel of the LORD before
• Zech 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little one