Revelation 1:12

And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;

In Context

11saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

13and in the midst of the [seven] lamps [one] like [the] Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:

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Cross References

Ezekiel 43:5And the Spirit lifted me up, and brought me into the inner court; and behold, the glory of Jehovah filled the house.

Zechariah 4:2And he said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I see, and behold, a lamp-stand all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and its seven lamps thereon, seven [lamps] and seven pipes to the lamps, which are upon the top thereof;

Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which thou hast seen on my right hand, and the seven golden lamps. The seven stars are angels of the seven assemblies; and the seven lamps are seven assemblies.

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 →

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