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New American Standard Bible 2020

Revelation 1:9-20

91I, John, your 2brother and 3fellow participant in the tribulation and 4kingdom and 56perseverance in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos 7because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10I was 8in the 9Spirit on 10the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice 11like the sound of a trumpet, 11saying, “12Write 13on a scroll what you see, and send it to the 14seven churches: to 15Ephesus, 16Smyrna, 17Pergamum, 18Thyatira, 19Sardis, 20Philadelphia, and 21Laodicea.”

12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw 22seven golden lampstands; 13and 23in the middle of the lampstands I saw one 24like 25a son of man, 26clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and 27wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. 14His head and His 28hair were white like white wool, like snow; and 29His eyes were like a flame of fire. 15His 30feet were like 31burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His 32voice was like the sound of many waters. 16In His right hand He held 33seven stars, and out of His mouth came a 34sharp two-edged sword; and His 35face was like 36the sun 37shining in its strength.

17When I saw Him, I 38fell at His feet like a dead man. And He 39placed His right hand on me, saying, “40Do not be afraid; 41I am the first and the last, 18and the 42living One; and I 4344was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have 45the keys of death and of Hades. 19Therefore 46write 47the things which you have seen, 48and the things which are, and the things which will take place 49after these things. 20As for the 50mystery of the 51seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the 52seven golden lampstands: the 53seven stars are the angels of 54the seven churches, and the seven 55lampstands are the seven churches.

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Notes

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

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