Revelation 1:12
Then I turned backe to see the voyce, that spake with me: and when I was turned, I sawe seuen golden candlestickes,
Geneva Bible 1599
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
Cross References
Ezekiel 43:5So the Spirite tooke me vp and brought me into the inner court, and beholde, the glorie of the Lord filled the house.
Zechariah 4:2And saide vnto me, What seest thou? And I said, I haue looked, and beholde, a candlesticke all of gold with a bowle vpon the toppe of it, and his seuen lampes therein, and seuen pipes to the lampes, which were vpon the toppe thereof.
Revelation 1:20The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seuen golden candlestickes, is this, The seuen starres are the Angels of the seuen Churches: and the seuen candlestickes which thou sawest, are the seuen Churches.
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 →