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...saying, "Write down what you see on a scroll, and send it to the seven Messianic
communities -- Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and
Laodicea!" (Revelation 1:11, Jewish New Testament).

Absolutely no sign of the phrase "the Alpha and the Omega" here! In the New International
Version -- and even the Authorized Catholic Edition -- not a trace of the phrase can be found in
verse 11.

Similarly, The New Testament of the Jerusalem Bible also omits this phrase -- notice!
"Write down all that you see in a book, and send it to the seven churches of Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea" (Revelation 1:11).

Mention of this is also found in the Bible dictionary Insight on the Scriptures -- Volume 1,
Page 80. Notice --

The additional occurrence of this phrase in the King James rendering of Revelation 1:11,
however, does not receive support from some of the oldest Greek manuscripts, including
the Alexandrine, Sinaitic, and Codex Ephraemi rescriptus. It is, therefore, omitted in
many modern translations.

Moving forward to Revelation 21:6-7 the phrase "the Alpha and the Omega" can once again be
found (in the KJV):

And he said to me, "It is done! I am the ALPHA and the OMEGA, the Beginning and the
End. I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely to him who thirsts. He who
overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son."

Here it is YEHOVAH God the Father speaking and prophesying. All of this chapter is about
the New Jerusalem descending from heaven with YEHOVAH God on the throne.

"The title [the Alpha and the Omega] occurs again," states Insight on the Scriptures, "at
Revelation 21:6, and the following verse identifies the speaker by saying: 'Anyone conquering will inherit
these things, and I shall be his God and he will be my son.' Inasmuch as Jesus referred to those who are
joint heirs with him in his Kingdom as 'brothers,' not 'sons,' the speaker must be Jesus' heavenly Fa-
ther, Jehovah God. -- Mt. 25:40; compare Heb. 2:10-12" (Volume 1, page 81).

Now we come to another scripture in which the phrase "the Alpha and the Omega" was
ADDED -- in order to foist upon the unwary reader the theory that Yeshua was also "the Alpha and the
Omega"! This scripture is Revelation 22:13. And Revelation 22:16 undeniably states that these are Ye-
shua's words --

I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last (New
King James Version)
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