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Revelation 1-14

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Revelation 1:13–15

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Of the 337 sentences in the Book of Revelation, 245 of them begin with καί. The conjunction δέ, on the other hand, is only used 7 times.  In this weekend video, we explore the first use of δέ in Revelation, asking, “Why δέ?”