Revelation 1:9-16

New American Standard Bible

The Patmos Vision

⁹^(A)I, John, your ^(B)brother and ^(C)fellow participant in the tribulation and ^(D)kingdom and ^[a]^(E)perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰I was ^(G)in the ^[b]Spirit on ^(H)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(I)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹saying, “^(J)Write ^[c]on a scroll what you see, and send it to the ^(K)seven churches: to ^(L)Ephesus, ^(M)Smyrna, ^(N)Pergamum, ^(O)Thyatira, ^(P)Sardis, ^(Q)Philadelphia, and ^(R)Laodicea.”

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(S)seven golden lampstands; ¹³and ^(T)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(U)like ^[d]a son of man, ^(V)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(W)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴His head and His ^(X)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(Y)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵His ^(Z)feet were like ^[e]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(AA)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶In His right hand He held ^(AB)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(AC)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(AD)face was like ^(AE)the sun ^[f]shining in its strength.