Revelation 1:3 Revelation 1:3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. "Blessed is he that readeth" That is, so readeth, as that he understandeth what he readeth \ [ginwskein a anaginwskein]; understandeth thou what thou readeth? and so expoundeth what he readeth that the people may understand the reading, as they did, \ and as the Apostle Paul did. \ "And they that hear the Words of this Prophecy" that is, They that are diligent hearers, who hear what the Spirit speaketh thereby to the churches, \ not being forgetful hearers, but believing hearers, \ and doers, \ "and keep those things which are written therein".