# Biblical Studies/New Testament Commentaries/Revelation
## Revelation: Verse by Verse Commentary

The Christian Bible is divided into two major sections: the Old Testament, which predates Christianity and consists of the Jewish scriptures, and the New Testament, written early in the Christian era. Revelation is the last document ("book") of the New Testament, and therefore of the Bible as a whole. The Revelation Commentary consists of the text of Revelation divided into short passages, with each passage being accompanied by historical and/or interpretive notes. There are various interpretations of Revelation, and this is reflected in the commentary, with different, even contradictory, interpretations appearing side by side. The reader is thus able to compare the text with differing interpretations and draw his or her own conclusions.
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CONTENTS
Introduction: Methods of Interpretation – Authorship - Date of Writing - Literary Elements
Outline of Revelation: A chart showing the events of Revelation in the manner and in the order that they appear in the text
Chapter 1: The Prologue – John’s Vision of Christ
Chapter 2: The Messages to the Churches at Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamos, and Thyatira
Chapter 3: The Messages to the Churches at Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea
Chapter 4: John’s Vision of the Throne of God – The Four Creatures around the Throne
Chapter 5: Only the Lamb Is Found Worthy to Open the Book of Judgment – A Multitude Worships Christ in Heaven and on Earth
Chapter 6: The First Six Seals
Chapter 7: 144,000 Are Sealed – A Great Multitude before the Throne of God
Chapter 8: The Seventh Seal – The First Four Trumpets
Chapter 9: The Fifth and Sixth Trumpets
Chapter 10: The Angel with the Little Book – John Eats the Little Book
Chapter 11: The Two Witnesses – The Seventh Trumpet
Chapter 12: The Woman Clothed with the Sun – Satan Is Cast Down to the Earth – Satan Persecutes the Woman
Chapter 13: The Beast from the Sea – The Beast from the Land
Chapter 14: 144,000 Virgins – The Announcements of the Three Angels – The Son of Man Reaps the Harvest – The Grapes of Wrath
Chapter 15: The Sea of Glass – Seven Angels Appear with the Seven Last Judgments
Chapter 16: The First Six Bowl Judgments – Preparation for the Battle of Armageddon – The Seventh Bowl
Chapter 17: Babylon the Great – The Angel Explains the Vision of Babylon the Great
Chapter 18: The Fall of Babylon the Great – The World Mourns for Babylon – The Completeness of Babylon’s Destruction
Chapter 19: A Great Multitude Praises God – The Marriage of the Lamb – The Heavenly Army – The Beast and His Army Are Defeated
Chapter 20: Satan Is Imprisoned for a Thousand Years – The First Resurrection – The Final Confrontation between Good and Evil – The Last Judgment
Chapter 21: A New Heaven and Earth – The New Jerusalem – The City’s Walls, Gates, and Foundations – The City’s Inhabitants
Chapter 22: The New Jerusalem (cont.) – Epilogue (Final Observations and Exhortations) - Benediction

## Chapter Links

Introduction | Outline of Revelation | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5 | Chapter 6 | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 9 | Chapter 10 | Chapter 11 | Chapter 12 | Chapter 13 | Chapter 14 | Chapter 15 | Chapter 16 | Chapter 17 | Chapter 18 | Chapter 19 | Chapter 20 | Chapter 21 | Chapter 22