Revelation 1
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Revelation 1:10-18

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

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning 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 20wrapped around the 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 24burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His 25voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 26seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 27sharp two-edged sword; and His 28face was like 29the sun 30shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 31fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 32placed His right hand on me, saying, “33Do not be afraid; 34I am the first and the last, 18and the 35living One; and I 3637was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 38the keys of death and of Hades.

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Notes

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

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