¹² Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And after turning I saw ^(A)seven golden lampstands; ¹³ and ^(B)in the middle of the lampstands I saw one ^(C)like ^[a]a son of man, ^(D)clothed in a robe reaching to the feet, and ^(E)wrapped around the chest with a golden sash. ¹⁴ His head and His ^(F)hair were white like white wool, like snow; and ^(G)His eyes were like a flame of fire. ¹⁵ His ^(H)feet were like ^[b]burnished bronze when it has been heated to a glow in a furnace, and His ^(I)voice was like the sound of many waters. ¹⁶ In His right hand He held ^(J)seven stars, and out of His mouth came a ^(K)sharp two-edged sword; and His ^(L)face was like ^(M)the sun ^[c]shining in its strength.

¹⁷ When I saw Him, I ^(N)fell at His feet like a dead man. And He ^(O)placed His right hand on me, saying, “^(P)Do not be afraid; ^(Q)I am the first and the last, ¹⁸ and the ^(R)living One; and I ^[d](S)was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore, and I have ^(T)the keys of death and of Hades. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(U)write ^(V)the things which you have seen, ^[e]and the things which are, and the things which will take place ^(W)after these things. ²⁰ As for the ^(X)mystery of the ^(Y)seven stars which you saw in My right hand, and the ^(Z)seven golden lampstands: the ^(AA)seven stars are the angels of ^(AB)the seven churches, and the seven ^(AC)lampstands are the seven churches.