Cross-references Explore similar Bible verses on Revelation 2:8 in English Standard Version "“And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: ‘The words of the first and the last, who died and came to life." Re 1:17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, Re 1:18 and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.