am And he informed [me], and talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I {am} now come forth to give thee skill and understanding. am At the beginning of thy supplications the commandment came forth, and I {am} come to show [thee]; for thou [art] greatly beloved: therefore understand the matter, and consider the vision. am And he said unto me, O Daniel, a man greatly beloved, understand the words that I speak unto thee, and stand upright: for unto thee {am} I now sent. And when he had spoken this word unto me, I stood trembling. am Then said he unto me, Fear not, Daniel: for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy words were heard, and I {am} come for thy words. am Now I {am} come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision [is] for [many] days. am Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I {am} gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come. am 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. am I John, who also {am} your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. am 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, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. am 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: am I [{am}] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. am I [am] he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I {am} alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. am And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I {am} he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works. am Because thou sayest, I {am} rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: am To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and {am} set down with my Father in his throne. am How much she hath glorified herself, and lived deliciously, so much torment and sorrow give her: for she saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and {am} no widow, and shall see no sorrow. am And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See [thou do it] not: I {am} thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. am 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. am Then saith he unto me, See [thou do it] not: for I {am} thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God. am I {am} Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. am I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I {am} the root and the offspring of David, [and] the bright and morning star. ~~~~~~