² He asked me, “What do you see?”^(A)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand^(B) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps^(C) on it, with seven channels to the lamps.

¹¹ Then I asked the angel, “What are these two olive trees^(A) on the right and the left of the lampstand?”

¹² I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,^(A)

¹³ and among the lampstands^(A) was someone like a son of man,^[a](B) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet^(C) and with a golden sash around his chest.^(D)

²⁰ The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand^(A) and of the seven golden lampstands^(B) is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches,^(C) and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.^(D)

⁴ They are “the two olive trees”^(A) and the two lampstands, and “they stand before the Lord of the earth.”^[a](B)