Revelation 1:12-18

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¹² Then I turned to see whose voice it was that spoke to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,^{(A) 13} and in the midst of the lampstands I saw one like the Son of Man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash across his chest.^{(B) 14} His head and his hair were white as white wool, white as snow; his eyes were like a flame of fire;^{(C) 15} his feet were like burnished bronze, refined as in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of many waters.^{(D) 16} In his right hand he held seven stars, and from his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining with full force.^(E)

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he placed his right hand on me, saying, “Do not be afraid; I am the First and the Last^{(F) 18} and the Living One. I was dead, and see, I am alive forever and ever, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.^(G)