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^(B) was someone like a son of man,^[a](C) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet^(D) and with a golden sash around his chest.^{(E) 14} The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.^{(F) 15} His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,^(G) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.^{(H) 16} In his right hand he held seven stars,^(I) and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword.^(J) His face was like the sun^(K) shining in all its brilliance.

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)