Lit., having seen I saw. A Hebraism. See Exodus 3:7 (Sept.). Compare Jdg 1:28 : utterly drive them out; lit., removing did not utterly remove. Jdg 4:9 : going I will go; i.e., I will surely go. Gen 37:8 : reigning shalt thou reign; i.e., shalt thou indeed reign. So Rev. here, “I have surely seen.”