Revelation 1:12–18
1:12 I43 turned to see whose voice was speaking to me,44 and when I did so,45 I saw seven golden lampstands, 1:13 and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man.46 He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt47 around his chest. 1:14 His48 head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow,49 and his eyes were like a fiery50 flame. 1:15 His feet were like polished bronze51 refined52 in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar53 of many waters. 1:16 He held54 seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His55 face shone like the sun shining at full strength. 1:17 When56 I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but57 he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last, 1:18 and the one who lives! I58 was dead, but look, now I am alive—forever and ever—and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!59