Revelation 1:9–18

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹I, John, ⁶both your brother and ^wcompanion in the tribulation and ^xkingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. ^10yI was in the Spirit on ^zthe Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^aa loud voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹saying, ⁷“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches ⁸which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned ^bI saw seven golden lampstands, ^13cand in the midst of the seven lampstands ^dOne like the Son of Man, ^eclothed with a garment down to the feet and ^fgirded about the chest with a golden band. ¹⁴His head and ^ghair were white like wool, as white as snow, and ^hHis eyes like a flame of fire; ¹⁵ⁱHis feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and ^jHis voice as the sound of many waters; ^16kHe had in His right hand seven stars, ^lout of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, ^mand His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷And ⁿwhen I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But ^oHe laid His right hand on me, saying ⁹to me, “Do not be afraid; ^pI am the First and the Last. ^18qI am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, ^rI am alive forevermore. Amen. And ^sI have the keys of ¹Hades and of Death.