⁸ I am the Alpha and the Omega, saith the Lord God, ^[a]who is and who was and ^[b]who is to come, the Almighty.

⁹ I John, your brother and partaker with you in the tribulation and kingdom and ^[c]patience which are in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength. ¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as one dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying, Fear not; I am the first and the last,