Revelation 1:12

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When I turned to see who was speaking to me, I saw seven gold lampstands.

Cross References

Exodus 25:37

The lamp on the top and those at the end of each of its six branches must be made so as to shine towards the front of the lampstand.

Exodus 37:23

The lamp and its equipment, including the tongs and trays, were made of about thirty-five kilogrammes of pure gold.

Micah 6:9

I am the LORD, and it makes sense to respect my power to punish. So listen to my message for the city of Jerusalem:

Zechariah 4:2

Then he asked, “What do you see?” “A solid gold lampstand with an oil container above it,” I answered. “On the stand are seven lamps, each with seven flames.

Revelation 1:13

There with the lampstands was someone who seemed to be the Son of Man. He was wearing a robe that reached down to his feet, and a gold cloth was wrapped around his chest.

Revelation 1:19

Write what you have seen and what is and what will happen after these things.

Revelation 1:20

I will explain the mystery of the seven stars that you saw at my right side and the seven gold lampstands. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the lampstands are the seven churches.

Revelation 2:1

This is what you must write to the angel of the church in Ephesus: I am the one who holds the seven stars in my right hand, and I walk among the seven gold lampstands. Listen to what I say.

Revelation 4:1

After this, I looked and saw a door that opened into heaven. Then the voice that had spoken to me at first and that sounded like a trumpet said, “Come up here! I will show you what must happen next.”