Revelation 1:8 also declares 'I am the Alpha and the Omega' and adds 'who is and who was and who is to come', expanding the divine identity as eternal.

Revelation 1:11 uses the same title 'Alpha and Omega, the first and the last', reinforcing the identical self-identification of Christ.

Revelation 21:6 repeats 'Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end' and adds the promise of living water to the thirsty, linking the divine title to salvation.

In Revelation 1:17, Jesus declares Himself the first and the last — the same title repeated here, reaffirming His divine authority at the book's close.

Isaiah 41:4 has the LORD declaring Himself the first and with the last — the same divine title Jesus applies to Himself here, affirming His deity.

Isaiah 44:6 states the LORD is the first and the last, with no other God — Jesus echoes this self-identification, claiming exclusive divinity.

Isaiah 48:12 repeats the divine claim 'I am the first and the last' — Jesus uses the same phrase to identify Himself as the eternal God.

John 1:1 identifies the Word as God and existing in the beginning — aligning with Jesus' self-description as 'the beginning' in Revelation.

Colossians 1:18 calls Christ 'the beginning' and 'firstborn' — directly parallel to His claim here as 'the first and the beginning'.