The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
KJV
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsthe mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks are seven churches.
This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.
the secret of the seven stars that thou hast seen upon my right hand, and the seven golden lamp-stands: the seven stars are messengers of the seven assemblies, and the seven lamp-stands that thou hast seen are seven assemblies.
The 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.
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New TestamentRevelation — John on Patmos sees the Lamb who was slain enthroned, the scroll opened, Babylon fallen, and the new Jerusalem descending. The canon's capstone — and its most interpretively contested book.
- Author
- John (traditional — apostle of Jesus; same author as the Fourth Gospel). Some modern critical scholarship distinguishes ‘John of Patmos’ from the apostle; site defaults to traditional attribution
- Date
- Late-date c. AD 95–96 under Domitian (Irenaeus, mainstream traditional); early-date c. AD 65–68 under Nero (required by most preterist readings). Site surfaces both