Revelation 1:12

And I turned to see the Voice which was speaking to me, and as I turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Montgomery New Testament

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, "Write in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and Sardis and Philadelphia and Laodicea."

13and in the midst of the candlesticks One like to a son of man, clothed with a robe down to the feet, and with a golden girdle round his breast.

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Cross References

Revelation 1:20The mystery of the seven stars which you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks, is this. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven candlesticks are the seven 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 →

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