Revelation 1
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Revelation 1:13-20

13and 1in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 2like 3a son of man, 4clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 5wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 6hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 7His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 8feet were like 9burnished bronze when it has been heated to a 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 2122was 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, 26and the things which are, and the things which will take place 27after these things. 20As for the 28mystery of the 29seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 30seven golden lampstands: the 31seven stars are the angels of 32the seven churches, and the seven 33lampstands are the seven churches.

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Notes

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

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