Note: Every verse in the Bible has three applications; historical context, doctrinal import, and spiritual application. Read the verse literally where it can be taken literally, and to whom it is specifically written, and at what time for doctrinal import. All verses can be spiritually or practically applied to the believer of any age with an understanding that most verses do not fit this age doctrinally. Prophetic verses may also have a double application with history repeating itself. Study the Bible horizontally as per 1 Corinthians 2:13. Lexicons and dictionaries are not inspired or inerrant.

Revelation

The Key to Understanding the Bible

Chapter 1 – verse 2 

2 Who bare record  

1. To bare record (John 1:7, 8, 32,34; 12:17; 19:35; Job 15:7) and to bare witness (John 1:15; 5:33; Acts 15:8) or simply to record (Deuteronomy 30:19; Exodus 20:24; Deuteronomy 31:28; 1 Chronicles 16:4).

2. To reveal a dream or a riddle’s meaning (Genesis 41:24; Judges 14:12; Daniel 2:47).

3. To declare the law or declare a prophecy of God (Deuteronomy 1:5; 1 Chronicles 16:24; Psalm 2:7; Psalm 22:31).

4. The declarations of the physical world (Psalms 19:1; 50:6; 89:37; Job 12:8).

5. To manifest or reveal (Ecclesiastes 3:18; Luke 8:17; John 14:21; Matthew 11:27; Luke 10:22).

6. To be a witness to something or to be proof of something or against someone (Genesis 21:30; 31: 44,48,50, 52; Exodus 22:13; Numbers 35:30; Deuteronomy 4:26; 17:6; 19:15, 18; 31:19, 21, 26; Joshua 22:27,28, 34; Judges 11:10; 1 Samuel 12:3,5; 1 Kings 21:10; 2 Chronicles 24:6; Job 16:8,19; Proverbs 14:5,25; Isaiah 3:9; 19:20; 55:4; Jeremiah 29:23; 42:5; Lamentations 2:13; Micah 1:2; Malachi 2:14; 3:5; Matthew 24:14; John 3:11; 5:32; 33, 36, 37; 8:18; 10:25: 15:27; etc.  There are over 20 verses telling how God hates a false witness including Exodus 20:16; 23:1; through Matthew 15:19; 19:18.  

of the word of God,

(1 Samuel 9:27; 2 Samuel 22:31; 1 Kings 12:22; 1 Kings 17:24; 2 Kings 14:25; 2 Kings 23:16; 1 Chronicles 15:15, 2 Chronicles 11:2; 30:12; Psalms 18:30; 138:2; Proverbs 30:5; Isaiah 1:10; 2:3; 40:8; Jeremiah 19:3; 23:36; 42:15; 44:26; Ezekiel 6:3; 12:28; 20:47; 25:3; 36:4; Hosea 4:1; Micah 4:2; Matthew 4:4; Mark 7:13; Luke 3:2; 4:4; 5:1; 8:11; 8:21; 11:28; John 10:35; Acts 4:31; 6:2,7; 8:14; 10:36; 11:1; 12:24; 13:5, 7, 26, 44, 46; 15:7; 17:13; 18:11; 19:20; 20:32; Romans 9:6; 10:17; 1 Corinthians 14:36; 2 Corinthians 2:17; 2 Corinthians 4:2; Ephesians 6:17; Colossians 1:25; 1 Thessalonians 1:8; 2:13; 4:5; 2 Timothy 2:9; Titus 2:5; Hebrews 4:12; 6:5; 11:3; 13:7; 1 Peter 1:23; 2 Peter 3:5; 1 John 2:14; Revelation 1:9; 6:9; 19:13; 20:4)

and of the testimony of  Jesus Christ,

(Exodus 16:24; 25:16, 21, 22; 26:33, 34; There are numerous verses regarding God’s testimony in the books of Moses; Psalm 19:7; 78:5; 81:5; 119:88; 132:12; Isaiah 8:20; 1 Corinthians 1:6; 1 Corinthians 2:1; 2 Timothy 1:8;  ; Revelation 1:9; 12:17; 19:10).                                                                                                                        

and of all things that he saw.                                                                                         

(Acts 4:20; 1 John 1:1; 1:2; 1:3)