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,

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10 I 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

  1. Revelation 1:10 Or spirit

10 I 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

  1. 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).
  2. 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.

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

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10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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