Discovery BoxRevelation 22:13 
Context22:13 I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the first and the last,
the beginning and the end!) 1
Revelation 1:8
Context1:8 “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” 2 says the Lord God – the one who is, and who was, and who is still to come – the All-Powerful! 3
Revelation 21:6
Context21:6 He also said to me, “It is done! 4 I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who is thirsty I will give water 5 free of charge 6 from the spring of the water of life.
1 sn These lines are parenthetical, forming an aside to the narrative. The speaker here is the Lord Jesus Christ himself rather than the narrator.
2 tc The shorter reading “Omega” (ὦ, w) has superior ms evidence ({א1 A C 1611}) to the longer reading which includes “the beginning and the end” (ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος or ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ τὸ τέλος, arch kai telo" or Jh arch kai to telo"), found in א*,2 1854 2050 2329 2351 ÏA lat bo. There is little reason why a scribe would have deleted the words, but their clarifying value and the fact that they harmonize with 21:6 indicate that they are a secondary addition to the text.
3 tn On this word BDAG 755 s.v. παντοκράτωρ states, “the Almighty, All-Powerful, Omnipotent (One) only of God…(ὁ) κύριος ὁ θεὸς ὁ π. …Rv 1:8; 4:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7; 21:22.”
4 tn Or “It has happened.”
5 tn The word “water” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
6 tn Or “as a free gift” (see L&N 57.85).
