New American Standard Bible 1995

Revelation 1:12-20

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned I saw 1seven golden lampstands; 13and 2in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 3like 4a son of man, 5clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 6girded across His chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 7hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 8His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 9feet were like burnished bronze, when it has been made to glow in a furnace, and His 10voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 11seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 12sharp two-edged sword; and His 13face was like 14the sun 15shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 16fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 17placed His right hand on me, saying, “18Do not be afraid; 19I am the first and the last, 18and the 20living One; and I 21 22was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 23the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 24write 25the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place 26after these things. 20As for the 27mystery of the 28seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 29seven golden lampstands: the 30seven stars are the angels of 31the seven churches, and the seven 32lampstands are the seven churches.

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Notes

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

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