Revelation
Chapters 1:12-18
New English Translation
12I turned to see whose voice was speaking to me, and when I did so, I saw seven golden lampstands,
13and in the midst of the lampstands was one like a son of man. He was dressed in a robe extending down to his feet and he wore a wide golden belt around his chest.
14His head and hair were as white as wool, even as white as snow, and his eyes were like a fiery flame.
15His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
16He held seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His face shone like the sun shining at full strength.
17When I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,
18and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!