Bible Gateway passage: Revelation 1:8-18 - New King James Version (2024)

^8(A)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^[a]the Beginning and the End,” says the ^[b]Lord, ^(B)“who is and who was and who is to come, the ^(C)Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹I, John, ^[c]both your brother and ^(D)companion in the tribulation and ^(E)kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. ^10(F)I was in the Spirit on ^(G)the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^(H)a loud voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹saying, ^[d]“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches ^[e]which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

¹²Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned ^(I)I saw seven golden lampstands, ^13(J)and in the midst of the seven lampstands ^(K)One like the Son of Man, ^(L)clothed with a garment down to the feet and ^(M)girded about the chest with a golden band. ¹⁴His head and ^(N)hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and ^(O)His eyes like a flame of fire; ^15(P)His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and ^(Q)His voice as the sound of many waters; ^16(R)He had in His right hand seven stars, ^(S)out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, ^(T)and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷And ^(U)when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But ^(V)He laid His right hand on me, saying ^[f]to me, “Do not be afraid; ^(W)I am the First and the Last. ^18(X)I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, ^(Y)I am alive forevermore. Amen. And ^(Z)I have the keys of ^[g]Hades and of Death.

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