ἔρχομαι (erchomai) in Revelation 22:12: Verb First Person Singular Present Middle or Passive Deponent Indicative

Verb: the word names an action or state, here the speaker's coming described as an event in progress or imminent announcement.

Present: often views the action as in progress, customary, or presently in view. Context decides the exact force.

Middle or Passive Deponent: uses a middle or passive form traditionally read with active sense. The lexeme and sentence still govern the meaning.

Indicative: presents the verbal idea as an assertion or statement in the clause.

First person: the speaker or speakers are grammatically involved in the verbal form.

Not applicable: this verb form is not using noun case to mark its sentence role.

Singular: the form is grammatically singular and presents the speaker's own action as a single, personal assertion.

Not applicable: this verb form does not use grammatical gender to make its point.

καὶ ἰδού ... ταχύ

The form stands within a direct, first-person declaration and is shaped by the surrounding adverb ταχύ and the coming reward statement that follows.

It functions as the main verbal claim in the clause, announcing the speaker's coming as the event that frames the promise of reward.

It is not a noun, title, or a standalone theological label, and the morphology does not by itself determine timing beyond the context's urgent announcement.

High: The first-person present deponent verb carries the speaker's direct announcement, 'I am coming quickly.'

Present middle or passive deponent indicative as main declaration. announces the speaker's coming as the event that frames the following recompense statement. Attached to the speaker's announcement in Revelation 22:12. Governed by the direct statement with quickly and the reward clause. The present form gives direct announcement force but does not settle every timing question by itself.

What does the speaker announce? The speaker announces, in first person, that he is coming quickly.

Direct: The first-person present form directly supports 'I am coming' or 'I come' in the verse.

Present tense communicates the declaration's immediacy but does not by itself provide a timetable. Middle or passive deponent form should not be made into a separate agency claim.

Present tense settles eschatological timing: The form supports the urgent announcement, while the passage and canon govern timing claims. deponent voice adds hidden meaning: The deponent label identifies form behavior and should not be treated as an added doctrine.

The witness reads ἔρχομαι in Revelation 22:12, with the broader clause, 'καὶ ἰδού, ἔρχομαι ταχύ'.

The lemma means to come or go, and in this context the focus is on the speaker's coming rather than on motion as an abstract idea.

The first-person singular form fits the speaker's direct self-reference and supports a personal announcement that is immediate in force.

The verse presents a speaker who is coming quickly and who brings reward, so the grammar contributes urgency and personal presence.

Within the passage's messianic frame, the form supports the identification of the speaker as the one whose coming and recompense are expected.

For readers and speakers, the form communicates nearness, certainty, and direct address more than a detailed chronology.

Do not derive from the form alone a precise timetable, a separate identity claim beyond context, or a change in the lexical meaning of ἔρχομαι.