This chapter contains the prologue of the book, followed by the vision and commission of John.

Text

The original text was written in Koine Greek. This chapter is divided into 20 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter are among others:
*Papyrus 98 (2nd century; extant verses 13-20)
*Papyrus 18 (3rd/4th