Behold, (A)he is coming with the clouds, and (B)every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail[a] on account of him. Even so. Amen.

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

Vision of the Son of Man

I, John, your brother and (E)partner in (F)the tribulation and (G)the kingdom and (H)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos (I)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 (J)I was in the Spirit (K)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice (L)like a trumpet 11 saying, (M)“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.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw (N)seven golden lampstands, 13 and in the midst of the lampstands (O)one like (P)a son of man, (Q)clothed with a long robe and (R)with a golden sash around his chest. 14 (S)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. (T)His eyes were like a flame of fire, 15 (U)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and (V)his voice was like the roar of many waters.

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:7 Or mourn

“Look, he is coming with the clouds,”[a](A)
    and “every eye will see him,
even those who pierced him”;(B)
    and all peoples on earth “will mourn(C) because of him.”[b]
So shall it be! Amen.

“I am the Alpha and the Omega,”(D) says the Lord God, “who is, and who was, and who is to come,(E) the Almighty.”(F)

John’s Vision of Christ

I, John,(G) your brother and companion in the suffering(H) and kingdom(I) and patient endurance(J) that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God(K) and the testimony of Jesus.(L) 10 On the Lord’s Day(M) I was in the Spirit,(N) and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,(O) 11 which said: “Write on a scroll what you see(P) and send it to the seven churches:(Q) to Ephesus,(R) Smyrna,(S) Pergamum,(T) Thyatira,(U) Sardis,(V) Philadelphia(W) and Laodicea.”(X)

12 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands,(Y) 13 and among the lampstands(Z) was someone like a son of man,[c](AA) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet(AB) and with a golden sash around his chest.(AC) 14 The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire.(AD) 15 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace,(AE) and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters.(AF)

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:7 Daniel 7:13
  2. Revelation 1:7 Zech. 12:10
  3. Revelation 1:13 See Daniel 7:13.

Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.

I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.

14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.

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