⁸ “I am the Alpha and the Omega,”^(A) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,^(B) the Almighty.”^(C)

John’s Vision of Christ

⁹ I, John,^(D) your brother and companion in the suffering^(E) and kingdom^(F) and patient endurance^(G) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God^(H) and the testimony of Jesus.^{(I) 10} On the Lord’s Day^(J) I was in the Spirit,^(K) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,^(L)