Revelation 1:20
the mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the seven candlesticks are the seven churches.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
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Matthew 13:11He answered, and said to them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.
Philippians 2:15that you may be without reproach and Harmless, the children of God, without blame, in the midst of a wicked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as luminaries in the world,
Revelation 1:12And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me: and having turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks,
Revelation 2:1To the angel of the church in Ephesus, write: These things says he that holds the seven stars in his right hand, that walks in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;
Revelation 2:12And to the angel of the church in Pergamos, write: These things says he that has the sharp, two-edged sword;
Matthew Henry on Revelation 1:10-20
John's Vision of Christ. ( a. d. 95.) 9 I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet, 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto… Read the whole commentary →