Revelation 1:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸and the living one. I died, but now I am alive forever, and I have the keys to death and the world of the dead.^[a] ¹⁹Write what you have seen and what is and what will happen after these things. ²⁰I will explain the mystery of the seven stars you saw at my right side and the seven gold lampstands. The seven stars are the angels^[b] of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches.

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Footnotes

1.18 keys to death and the world of the dead: That is, power over death and the world of the dead.
1.20 angels: Perhaps guardian angels that represent the churches, or they may be church leaders or messengers sent to the churches.