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  • Clarence Bouwman

2022-09-28
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  1. Revelation 3:20 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What function does “behold” have?

Revelation 3:20 (ESV)

20 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

With this word Jesus draws his readers’ attention to what he has actually been doing in the preceding verses with his offer of goods for sale.

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