Revelation 1:12–20

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw ⁱseven golden lampstands, ¹³and in the midst of the lampstands ^jone like ^ka son of man, ^lclothed with a long robe and ^mwith a golden sash around his chest. ¹⁴ⁿThe hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. ^oHis eyes were like a flame of fire, ^15phis feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and ^qhis voice was like the roar of many waters. ^16rIn his right hand he held seven stars, ^sfrom his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and ^this face was like the sun shining ^uin full strength.

^17vWhen I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But ^vhe laid his right hand on me, ^wsaying, “Fear not, ^xI am the first and the last, ¹⁸and the living one. ^yI died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and ^zI have the keys of Death and Hades. ^19aWrite therefore ^bthe things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. ²⁰As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and ^cthe seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and ^dthe seven lampstands are the seven churches.