And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
These sayings are ... true - thrice, Revelation 19:9; Revelation 21:5. For we are slow to believe God is as good as He is. The news seems to us, habituated to this fallen world, too good to be true (Nangle). No dreams of a visionary, but realities of God's sure Word.
Holy. So Andreas; but 'Aleph (') A B, Vulgate, Syriac, Coptic, '(the Lord God of the) spirits (of the prophets):' who with His Spirit inspired their spirits to prophesy. There is one Spirit; but individual prophets, according to the measure given them (1 Corinthians 12:4-11), had their own spirits, of which God is the Lord (Bengel (1 Peter 1:11; 2 Peter 1:21). Be done - `come to pass.'