9. I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.
10. I became in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,
11. saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
12. And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,
13. and in the midst of the seven lamps one like the Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:
14. his head and hair white like white wool, as snow; and his eyes as a flame of fire;
15. and his feet like fine brass, as burning in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters;
16. and having in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword going forth; and his countenance as the sun shines in its power.
17. And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead; and he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,