and in the middle of the lamp stands I saw someone [who looked] like a son of man [i.e., Jesus. See verses 17-18]. He was dressed in a robe that reached down to His feet and He had a golden sash around His chest.
Revelation 1:12 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) And I turned to see [whose] voice was speaking to me. And when I turned, I saw seven golden lamp stands, More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then I turned to see [whose was] the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, American Standard Version (1901) And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks; Common English Bible I turned to see who was speaking to me, and when I turned, I saw seven oil lamps burning on top of seven gold stands. Catholic Public Domain Version And I turned around, so as to see the voice which was speaking with me. And having turned around, I saw seven golden lampstands. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks: |
and in the middle of the lamp stands I saw someone [who looked] like a son of man [i.e., Jesus. See verses 17-18]. He was dressed in a robe that reached down to His feet and He had a golden sash around His chest.
“So, write down the things that you have seen, and the things now going on, and the things that will happen later on.
The secret of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lamp stands [is this]: The seven stars are the angels [i.e., messengers] of the seven churches. And the seven lamp stands are the seven churches.”
“Write [this] to the angel [i.e., the messenger] of the church at Ephesus [Note: These “messengers,” (verses 8, 12, 18; 3:1, 7, 14) are thought by some to be evangelists]: These things are the words of the One who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lamp stands:
After [seeing all] these things, I looked, and there in heaven I saw [a vision of] an open door, and the voice I had first heard speaking to me like [the sound of] a trumpet [See 1:10], said, “Come up here [i.e., to heaven], and I will show you the things which must happen after these things [i.e., the things just revealed].”