^{11 Ref} saying, "{TR adds "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last."}What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies{TR adds "which are in Asia"}: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."

^{12 Ref} I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. Having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands.

^{13 Ref} And among the lampstands was one like a son of man, clothed with a robe reaching down to his feet, and with a golden sash around his chest.

^{14 Ref} His head and his hair were white as white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire.

^{15 Ref} His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.

^{16 Ref} He had seven stars in his right hand. Out of his mouth proceeded a sharp two-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

^{17 Ref} When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last,

^{18 Ref} and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.