Revelation 1:10

New King James Version

¹⁰^(A)I was in the Spirit on ^(B)the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^(C)a loud voice, as of a trumpet,

Revelation 1:10

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰I was ^(A)in the ^[a]Spirit on ^(B)the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice ^(C)like the sound of a trumpet,

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Footnotes

Revelation 1:10 Or spirit

Revelation 1:10

Amplified Bible

¹⁰I was in the ^[a]Spirit [in special communication with the Holy Spirit and empowered to receive and record the revelation from Jesus Christ] on the ^[b]Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,

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Footnotes

Revelation 1:10 Or spirit. The Greek wording is not decisive, so John could be referring either to being in special communion with the Holy Spirit, or to being in a trance-like state in his own spirit like that experienced by Peter at Joppa (cf Acts 10:10, 11).
Revelation 1:10 The early church used this term to refer to Sunday, the day of Jesus’ resurrection. The term Kyriake is also the regular word for Sunday in modern Greek.