10. I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a shofar
11. saying, “What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”
12. I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands.
13. And amongst the lamp stands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.
14. His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.
15. His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
16. He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.