9. I am John, your brother. I share your suffering, ruling, and endurance because of Jesus. I was ⌊exiled⌋ on the island of Patmos because of God’s word and the testimony about Jesus.
10. I came under the Spirit’s power on the Lord’s day. I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet,
11. saying, “Write on a scroll what you see, and send it to the seven churches: Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”
12. I turned toward the voice which was talking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven gold lamp stands.
13. There was someone like the Son of Man among the lamp stands. He was wearing a robe that reached his feet. He wore a gold belt around his waist.
14. His head and his hair were white like wool—like snow. His eyes were like flames of fire.
15. His feet were like glowing bronze refined in a furnace. His voice was like the sound of raging waters.