Vision of the Son of Man

⁹ I, John, your brother and ^(A)partner in ^(B)the tribulation and ^(C)the kingdom and ^(D)the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^(E)on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ^10 (F)I was in the Spirit ^(G)on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(H)like a trumpet ¹¹ saying, ^(I)“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 ^(J)seven golden lampstands, ¹³ and in the midst of the lampstands ^(K)one like ^(L)a son of man, ^(M)clothed with a long robe and ^(N)with a golden sash around his chest. ^14 (O)The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^(P)His eyes were like a flame of fire, ^15 (Q)his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^(R)his voice was like the roar of many waters. ^16 (S)In his right hand he held seven stars, ^(T)from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^(U)his face was like the sun shining ^(V)in full strength.

^17 (W)When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^(X)he laid his right hand on me, ^(Y)saying, “Fear not, ^(Z)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the living one. ^(AA)I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^(AB)I have the keys of Death and Hades. ^19 (AC)Write therefore ^(AD)the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. ²⁰ As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and ^(AE)the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and ^(AF)the seven lampstands are the seven churches.