“These are the things that the Amen says, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation by God.”

— John the Evangelist

Revelation 3:14 http://www.jw.org/en/publications/bible/nwt/books/revelation/3/
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author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with… 10–98

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