1The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants[1] the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, (Йн 8:26; Йн 14:10; Йн 17:7; Йн 17:8; Отк 22:6; Отк 22:16)2who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. (Йн 19:35; 1 Кор 1:6; Отк 1:11; Отк 6:9; Отк 12:17; Отк 19:10)3Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near. (Лк 11:28; Йн 8:51; 1 Йн 2:3; 1 Йн 2:18; Отк 22:7; Отк 22:10)
9I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. (Йн 16:33; Фил 4:14; 2 Тим 2:12; Отк 2:1; Отк 3:10)10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet (3 Цар 18:12; Ез 3:12; Мт 22:43; Д А 20:7; 1 Кор 16:2; 2 Кор 12:2; Отк 4:1; Отк 4:2; Отк 17:3; Отк 21:10)11saying, “Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.” (Отк 1:2)12Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, (Изх 25:37; 2 Лет 4:20; Зах 4:2; Зах 11:4; Отк 1:20; Отк 2:1)13and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. (Дан 7:13; Дан 10:5; Дан 10:16; Отк 14:14; Отк 15:6)14The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, (Дан 7:9; Дан 10:6; Отк 2:18; Отк 19:12)15his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. (Ез 1:7; Ез 43:2; Дан 10:6; Отк 14:2; Отк 19:6)16In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength. (Съд 5:31; Ис 49:2; Мт 17:2; Еф 6:17; Евр 4:12; Отк 1:20; Отк 2:1; Отк 2:12; Отк 2:16; Отк 3:1; Отк 19:15)17When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, (Ис 41:4; Ис 44:6; Ис 48:12; Дан 8:17; Дан 8:18; Дан 10:9; Дан 10:10; Дан 10:15; Мт 17:7; Лк 24:37; Йн 21:12; Отк 2:8; Отк 22:13)18and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades. (Рим 6:9; Рим 14:9; Отк 9:1; Отк 20:1)19Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this. (Отк 1:2; Отк 1:12)20As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. (Мт 5:14; Мт 5:15; Отк 12:1)