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Bede, on Rev 1:1
Bede · A.D. 673–735
Rev 1:1 · Douay-Rheims
“The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to make known to his servants the things which must shortly come to pass: and signified, sending by his angel to his servant John,”
On this verse:
“And he signified it. He intertwined the same Apocalypse with mystical words, lest it be despised by being manifest to all.”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.