~ first and the ~ 40_MAT_20_16  So the last shall be first, and the first last, for many be called, but few chosen. #, 44_ACT_12_10  When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord, and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him. #, 66_REV_01_11  Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last, and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send [it] unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. #, 66_REV_01_17  And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last, #, 66_REV_02_08  And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive; #, 66_REV_22_13  I  am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last. #,