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.
5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness,
“faithful witness” – Psalm 89:37; Proverbs 14:5; Jeremiah 42:5; Revelation 3:14.
and the first begotten of the dead,
Only man ever to be resurrected from death never to die again. See 1 Peter 1:3
and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Psalm 89:27; Revelation 17:14 & 19:16;
Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
the Jews demanded that His blood be on them in Matthew 27:25. Read Acts 20:28; Romans 3:25; Romans 5:9; Ephesians 1:7; Colossians 1:20; Hebrews 9:12: 1 John 1:7; Titus 3:5;
