who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw.
Here we have, I. What we may call the pedigree of this book. 1. It is the revelation of Jesus Christ. The whole Bible is so; for all revelation comes through Christ and all centres in him; and especially in these last days God has spoken to us by his Son, and concerning his Son.
Commenting on Revelation 1:1-2
Who bore record of the word of God,.... Of the essential and eternal Word of God, his only begotten Son; as John the apostle did in his Gospel, and in his epistles, and also in this book; and which is a clear evidence of his being the writer of it, And of the testimony of Jesus Christ; that is, the Gospel, which testifies of the...
Verse 2. Who bare record of the word of God. Who bore witness to, or testified of (εμαρτυρησε) the word of God. He regarded himself merely as a witness of what he had seen, and claimed only to make a fair and faithful record of it. : "This is the disciple which testifieth (ομαρτυρων) of these things, and wrote these things." : "And he that saw it bare record"--μεμαρτυρηκε.