¹¹ He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, ‘This is what the Holy Spirit says: “In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him over to the Gentiles.” ’^(A)

¹⁶ He had seven stars in his right hand; a sharp double-edged sword came from his mouth,^(A) and his face was shining like the sun at full strength.^(B)

²⁰ The mystery^(A) of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels^[a] of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands^[b] are the seven churches.^(B)