10 I was in the Spirit[a][b](A) on the Lord’s day,[c] and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write on a scroll[d] what you see and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

12 I turned to see whose voice(B) it was that spoke to me. When I turned I saw seven gold lampstands,

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Footnotes

  1. Revelation 1:10 Or in spirit; lit I became in the Spirit
  2. Revelation 1:10 John was brought by God’s Spirit into a realm of spiritual vision.
  3. Revelation 1:10 Sunday
  4. Revelation 1:11 Or book

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Per′gamum and to Thyati′ra and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to La-odice′a.”

12 Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands,

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