Revelation 22:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he saith unto me, Seal not up the words of the prophecy of this book; for the time is at hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ λέγει μοι, Μὴ σφραγίσῃς τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας τοῦ βιβλίου τούτου: ὅτι ὁ καιρὸς ἐγγύς ἐστιν.

Transliteration

And legei to me, Not sphragisēs the logous of the prophēteias of the bibliou toutou: for the kairos engys estin.

Grammar Details

*legei*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - says
*sphragisēs*: aorist active subjunctive, 2nd singular - you should seal
*logous*: accusative, masculine, plural - words
*prophēteias*: genitive, feminine, singular - of prophecy
*bibliou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of book/scroll
*toutou*: genitive, neuter, singular - of this
*kairos*: nominative, masculine, singular - time/season
*engys*: adverb - near/at hand
*estin*: present indicative, 3rd singular - is

Word Meanings

*sphragisēs*: seal up/close/secure with a seal
*kairos*: time/appointed time/season/opportunity
*engys*: near/at hand/approaching

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Rev 10:4 : 4 And when the seven thunders uttered [their] [voices], I was about to write: and I heard a voice from heaven saying, {G3427} Seal up the things which the seven thunders uttered, and write them not.
Rev 1:3 : 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of the prophecy, and keep the things that are written therein: {G846} for the time is at hand.
Dan 8:26 : 26 And the vision of the evenings and mornings which hath been told is true: but shut thou up the vision; for it belongeth to many days [to come].
Matt 10:27 : 27 What I tell you in the darkness, speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, proclaim upon the house-tops.
Rom 13:12 : 12 The night is far spent, and the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.
Ezek 12:23 : 23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will make this proverb to cease, and they shall no more use it as a proverb in Israel; but say unto them, The days are at hand, and the fulfilment of every vision.
1 Pet 4:7 : 7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore of sound mind, and be sober unto prayer:
2 Thess 2:3 : 3 let no man beguile you in any wise: for [it will not be,] except the falling away come first, and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
Dan 12:4 : 4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
Dan 12:9 : 9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel; for the words are shut up and sealed till the time of the end.
Rev 5:1 : 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back, close sealed with seven seals.
Rev 22:12-13 : 12 {G2532} Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to render to each man according as his work is. 13 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
Rev 22:16 : 16 I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things for the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, the bright, the morning star.
Rev 22:20 : 20 He who testifieth these things saith, Yea: I come quickly. Amen: {G3483} come, Lord Jesus.
Isa 8:16 : 16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Isa 13:6 : 6 Wail ye; for the day of Jehovah is at hand; as destruction from the Almighty shall it come.

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