New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 1:11-20

11saying, “1Write 2on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 3seven churches: to 4Ephesus, 5Smyrna, 6Pergamum, 7Thyatira, 8Sardis, 9Philadelphia, and 10Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw 11seven golden lampstands; 13and 12in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 13like 14a son of man, 15clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 16wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 17hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 18His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 19feet were like 20burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His 21voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 22seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 23sharp two-edged sword; and His 24face was like 25the sun 26shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 27fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 28placed His right hand on me, saying, “29Do not be afraid; 30I am the first and the last, 18and the 31living One; and I 32 33was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 34the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 35write 36the things which you have seen, 37and the things which are, and the things which will take place 38after these things. 20As for the 39mystery of the 40seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 41seven golden lampstands: the 42seven stars are the angels of 43the seven churches, and the seven 44lampstands are the seven churches.

Read all of Revelation 1

Notes

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

Notes

Commentaries on Revelation 1