New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:10-18

10I was 1 2in the Spirit on 3the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 4like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “5Write in a 6book what you see, and send it to the 7seven churches: to 8Ephesus and to 9Smyrna and to 10Pergamum and to 11Thyatira and to 12Sardis and to 13Philadelphia and to 14Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 15seven golden lampstands; 13and 16in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 17like 18a son of man, 19clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 20girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 21hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 22His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 23feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 24voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 25seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 26sharp two-edged sword; and His 27face was like 28the sun 29shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 30fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 31placed His right hand on me, saying, “32Do not be afraid; 33I am the first and the last, 18and the 34living One; and I 35 36was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 37the keys of death and of Hades.

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Notes

1. Revelation 1:10 Or in spirit ↩
2. Revelation 1:10 Matt 22:43; Rev 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 ↩
3. Revelation 1:10 Acts 20:7 ↩
4. Revelation 1:10 Rev 4:1 ↩
5. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:2, 19 ↩
6. Revelation 1:11 Or scroll ↩
7. Revelation 1:11 Rev 1:4, 20 ↩
8. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:1 ↩
9. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:8 ↩
10. Revelation 1:11 Rev 2:12 ↩
11. Revelation 1:11 Acts 16:14; Rev 2:18, 24 ↩
12. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:1, 4 ↩
13. Revelation 1:11 Rev 3:7 ↩
14. Revelation 1:11 Col 2:1; Rev 3:14 ↩
15. Revelation 1:12 Ex 25:37; 37:23; Zech 4:2; Rev 1:20; 2:1 ↩
16. Revelation 1:13 Rev 2:1 ↩
17. Revelation 1:13 Ezek 1:26; Dan 7:13; 10:16; Rev 14:14 ↩
18. Revelation 1:13 Or the Son of Man ↩
19. Revelation 1:13 Dan 10:5 ↩
20. Revelation 1:13 Rev 15:6 ↩
21. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9 ↩
22. Revelation 1:14 Dan 7:9; 10:6; Rev 2:18; 19:12 ↩
23. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:7; Dan 10:6; Rev 2:18 ↩
24. Revelation 1:15 Ezek 1:24; 43:2; Rev 14:2; 19:6 ↩
25. Revelation 1:16 Rev 1:20; 2:1; 3:1 ↩
26. Revelation 1:16 Is 49:2; Heb 4:12; Rev 2:12, 16; 19:15 ↩
27. Revelation 1:16 Matt 17:2; Rev 10:1 ↩
28. Revelation 1:16 Judg 5:31 ↩
29. Revelation 1:16 Lit shines ↩
30. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:17; 10:9, 10, 15 ↩
31. Revelation 1:17 Dan 8:18; 10:10, 12 ↩
32. Revelation 1:17 Matt 14:27; 17:7 ↩
33. Revelation 1:17 Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12; Rev 2:8; 22:13 ↩
34. Revelation 1:18 Luke 24:5; Rev 4:9f ↩
35. Revelation 1:18 Lit became ↩
36. Revelation 1:18 Rom 6:9; Rev 2:8; 10:6; 15:7 ↩
37. Revelation 1:18 Job 38:17; Matt 11:23; 16:19; Rev 9:1; 20:1 ↩

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