1. Revelation 22:6 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

To whom do the pronouns “he” and "me" refer?

Revelation 22:6 (ESV)

6 And he said to me, “These words are trustworthy and true. And the Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.”

Grammatically, the pronoun he can only refer to the angel who had been John’s tour guide around the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:9f, Revelation 21:15; Revelation 22:1). This angel, of course, did not act on his own authority but had spoken and acted on the authority of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:14). The pronoun me is a reference to John (John 1:9).