Revelation 1:9–18

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹I, John, your brother and ^zpartner in ^athe tribulation and ^bthe kingdom and ^cthe patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos ^don account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. ^10eI was in the Spirit ^fon the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^glike a trumpet ¹¹saying, ^h“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.”

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.