Revelation 1:9–18

John’s Vision of the Risen Lord

⁹I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation, ^jkingdom, ^kand endurance ^lthat are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus. ^mn10I was in the Spirit ^opqon the Lord’s day, ^rand I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet ^s11saying, “Write ^ton a scroll^u what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

¹²I turned to see whose voice ^vit was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands, ^w13and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, ^xydressed in a long robe ^zand with a gold sash wrapped around His chest. ^a14His head and hair were white like wool—white as snow ^b—and His eyes like a fiery flame. ^c15His feet were like fine bronze as it is fired in a furnace, ^dand His voice like the sound of cascading ^ewaters. ^f16He had seven stars in His right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, ^gand His face was shining like the sun at midday. ^hi

¹⁷When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. ^jHe laid His right hand on me and said, “Don’t be afraid! I am the First and the Last, ^k18and the Living One. ^lI was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever, ^mand I hold the keys ⁿof death and ^•Hades.