John’s Vision of the Risen Lord
9 I, John, your brother and partner in the affliction, 1:9 Jn 16:33; Ac 14:22; Rm 5:3; 2Tm 2:12; Rv 2:9 kingdom, 1:9 Mt 25:34; Jms 2:5 and endurance 1:9 Rm 5:3–4; 8:25; 15:4; Col 1:11; 2Th 1:4; Heb 10:36; 12:1; Jms 1:3–4; Rv 2:3; 3:10; 13:10; 14:12 that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 1:9 Rv 1:2; 6:9; 12:17; 19:10; 20:410 I was in the Spirit 1:10 Or in spirit; lit I became in the Spirit, 1:10 1Kg 18:12; Ezk 3:12; 2Co 12:2; Rv 4:2; 17:3; 21:10 on the Lord’s day, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet 1:10 Ex 19:16,19; 20:18; Ps 47:511 saying, "Write 1:11 Ex 34:27; Dt 31:19; Is 8:1; 30:8; Jr 30:2; 36:2,28; Hab 2:2; Rv 2:1,8,12,18; 3:1,7,14; 14:3; 19:9; 21:5on a scroll 1:11 Or bookwhat you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea."
20 The mystery 1:20 Mt 13:35; Rm 16:25of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels 1:20 Or messengersof the seven churches, and the seven lampstands 1:20 Other mss add that you saware the seven churches. 1:20 Mt 5:14–15