“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.”
We have here an apostolic benediction on those who should give a due regard to this divine revelation; and this benediction is given more generally and more especially. I. More generally, to all who either read or hear the words of the prophecy.
Commenting on Revelation 1:3-8
I am Alpha and Omega,.... These are the words of Christ himself, appearing at once, and confirming what John had said of him, concerning his person, offices, and future coming: Alpha is the first letter, and Omega the last in the Greek alphabet, and signifies that Christ is the first and the last, as it is interpreted in Rev 1:11, and is a character often...
Verse 8. I am Alpha and Omega. These are the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, and denote properly the first and the last. So in , when the two expressions are united, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last." So in , the speaker says of himself, "I am the first and the...