Revelation 1:7-18

New King James Version

⁷ Behold, He is coming with ^(A)clouds, and every eye will see Him, even ^(B)they who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. Even so, Amen.

^8 (C)“I am the Alpha and the Omega, ^[a]the Beginning and the End,” says the ^[b]Lord, ^(D)“who is and who was and who is to come, the ^(E)Almighty.”

Vision of the Son of Man

⁹ I, John, ^[c]both your brother and ^(F)companion in the tribulation and ^(G)kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was on the island that is called Patmos for the word of God and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. ^10 (H)I was in the Spirit on ^(I)the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me ^(J)a loud voice, as of a trumpet, ¹¹ saying, ^[d]“I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last,” and, “What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches ^[e]which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.”

¹² Then I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And having turned ^(K)I saw seven golden lampstands, ^13 (L)and in the midst of the seven lampstands ^(M)One like the Son of Man, ^(N)clothed with a garment down to the feet and ^(O)girded about the chest with a golden band. ¹⁴ His head and ^(P)hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and ^(Q)His eyes like a flame of fire; ^15 (R)His feet were like fine brass, as if refined in a furnace, and ^(S)His voice as the sound of many waters; ^16 (T)He had in His right hand seven stars, ^(U)out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword, ^(V)and His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. ¹⁷ And ^(W)when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. But ^(X)He laid His right hand on me, saying ^[f]to me, “Do not be afraid; ^(Y)I am the First and the Last. ^18 (Z)I am He who lives, and was dead, and behold, ^(AA)I am alive forevermore. Amen. And ^(AB)I have the keys of ^[g]Hades and of Death.