The Vision of the Son of Man

^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 witness 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 a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, “^(J)Write in a scroll 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 ^[c]a son of man, ^(V)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(W)girded across His chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ And 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 and having in His right hand ^(AB)seven stars, and a ^(AC)sharp two-edged sword which comes out of His mouth, and His ^(AD)face was like ^(AE)the sun ^[d]shining in its power.

¹⁷ And when I saw Him, I ^(AF)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(AG)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(AH)Do not fear; ^(AI)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the ^(AJ)living One; and I ^[e](AK)was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever, and I have ^(AL)the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(AM)write ^(AN)the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(AO)after these things. ²⁰ As for the ^(AP)mystery of the ^(AQ)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(AR)seven golden lampstands: the ^(AS)seven stars are the angels of ^(AT)the seven churches, and the seven ^(AU)lampstands are the seven churches.