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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Revelation~

Chapter 1 – The Opening Vision
On this verse Dr. A. Clarke remarks, “I am

Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and]

— this whole clause is wanting in ABC; thirty-

one others; some editions; the Syriac, Coptic,

AEthiopic, Armenian, Slavonic, Vulgate,

Arethas, Andreas, and Primasius. Griesbach

has left it out of the text.” He also states that

the phrase “in Asia” is wanting in the principal

MSS. and versions, and that Griesbach omits

this too from the text. Bloomfield also marks

the clause, “I am Alpha and Omega, the first

and the last, and” — as without doubt an

interpolation, and also the words “in Asia.” It

would then read, “Saying, What thou seest,

write in a book, and send it unto the seven

churches; unto Ephesus,” etc. (See

translations of Whiting, Wesley, American

Bible Union, and others. Compare remarks on

verse 4.)