Revelation 1:12-18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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)
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