^1:10I was in the Spirit³⁸ on the Lord’s Day³⁹ when⁴⁰ I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, ^1:11saying: “Write in a book what you see and send it to the seven churches—to Ephesus,⁴¹ Smyrna,⁴² Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

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Footnotes

38 Or “in the spirit.” “Spirit” could refer either to the Holy Spirit or the human spirit, but in either case John was in “a state of spiritual exaltation best described as a trance” (R. H. Mounce, Revelation [], ).
39 Concerning the phrase κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakē hēmera) κυριακός states: “pert. to belonging to the Lord, the Lord’s … κ. ἡμέρᾳ the Lord’s day (Kephal. I 192, 1; 193, 31 …) i.e. certainly Sunday (so in Mod. Gk.…) Rv 1:10 (WStott, 12, ’65, 70–75).”
40 The conjunction καί (kai) is not introducing a coordinate thought, but one that is logically subordinate to the main verb ἐγενόμην (egenomēn).
41 For location see ; ; ; .
42 Grk “and to Smyrna.” For stylistic reasons the conjunction καί (kai) and the preposition εἰς (eis) have not been translated before the remaining elements of the list. In lists with more than two elements contemporary English generally does not repeat the conjunction except between the next to last and last elements.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, “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.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

On the Lord’s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, which said: “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

NLTNew Living Translation

It was the Lord’s Day, and I was worshiping in the Spirit. Suddenly, I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet blast. It said, “Write in a book everything you see, and send it to the seven churches in the cities of Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a great sound like a trumpet saying, “What you see, write 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.”

KJV 1900King James Version

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

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