Revelation 22:19 (WEB)
If anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, which are written in this book.
Fathers and councils · 4
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Now, in the first place, it is loss to wander from the truth, and to imagine that as being the case which is not; then again, as there shall be no light punishment [inflicted] upon him who either adds or subtracts anything from the Scripture, under that such a person must necessarily fall.” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 19.
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Tertullian
“If it is nowhere written, then let it fear the woe which impends on all who add to or take away from the written word.” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 18, 19.
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Eusebius of Caesarea
“At the close of the treatise we have found a most beautiful note which we are constrained to insert in this work.” — editor's note: It was not at all uncommon for copyists, both by accident and by design, to make changes, often serious, in copying books. We have an instance of intentional…
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Jerome
“In the sight of God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost, I adjure and require everyone who shall either read or copy these books of mine, by his belief in a kingdom to come, by the mystery of the resurrection from…” — editor's note: For this adjuration comp. Rev. xxii. 18, 19, and Stieren’s Irenæus i. 821.
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together with
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 22.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 22.
Cited together in Against Hermogenes Chapter 22.
Cited together in Letters Letter 80.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Cited together in Letters Letter 80.
Cited together in Letters Letter 80.
Cited together in Letters Letter 80.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Cited together in Against Heresies V.30.
Quotes
Revelation 22:19 takes up the words of 2 Chronicles 34:21 (8 words in common).
