To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: "I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.

Isaiah 48:12
Listen to Me, O Jacob, and Israel, whom I have called: I am He; I am the first, and I am the last.

Romans 14:9
For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.

Revelation 1:11
saying, "Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."

Revelation 1:17
When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, "Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 1:18
the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

Revelation 22:13
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the End."

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things said the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;