Revelation 1:9-16

New American Standard Bible 1995

The Patmos Vision

^9 (A)I, John, your ^(B)brother and ^(C)fellow partaker in the tribulation and ^(D)kingdom and ^[a](E)perseverance which are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(F)because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ¹⁰ I was ^[b](G)in the Spirit on ^(H)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(I)like the sound of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(J)Write in a ^[c]book what you see, and send it to the ^(K)seven churches: to ^(L)Ephesus and to ^(M)Smyrna and to ^(N)Pergamum and to ^(O)Thyatira and to ^(P)Sardis and to ^(Q)Philadelphia and to ^(R)Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw ^(S)seven golden lampstands; ¹³ and ^(T)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(U)like ^[d]a son of man, ^(V)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(W)girded across His chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ His head and His ^(X)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(Y)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His ^(Z)feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His ^(AA)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ In His right hand He held ^(AB)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(AC)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(AD)face was like ^(AE)the sun ^[e]shining in its strength.