Revelation 1:9-18

English Standard Version

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹I, John, your brother and ^(A)partner in ^(B)the tribulation and ^(C)the kingdom and ^(D)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(E)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰^(F)I was in the Spirit ^(G)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(H)like a trumpet ¹¹saying, ^(I)“Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.”

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw ^(J)seven golden lampstands, ¹³and in the midst of the lampstands ^(K)one like ^(L)a son of man, ^(M)clothed with a long robe and ^(N)with a golden sash around his chest. ¹⁴^(O)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^(P)His eyes were like a flame of fire, ¹⁵^(Q)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^(R)his voice was like the roar of many waters. ¹⁶^(S)In his right hand he held seven stars, ^(T)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^(U)his face was like the sun shining ^(V)in full strength.

¹⁷^(W)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^(X)he laid his right hand on me, ^(Y)saying, “Fear not, ^(Z)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸and the living one. ^(AA)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^(AB)I have the keys of Death and Hades.