Alpha and Omega
The Alpha and the Omega in one sound;
— Book 1, Canto 4
— Book 1, Canto 4
The first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, Alpha and Omega, are the Christian symbols of the beginning and the end. The first written record of the phrase ‘alpha and omega’ is found in some of the earliest manuscripts of the New Testament.
The phrase ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’ (Koiné Greek: ‘ἐγώ εἰμί τὸ Ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ὦ’), is an appellation of Jesus and of the Father in the Book of Revelation (verses 1:8, 21:6, and 22:13).