Revelation 1:12
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
KJV
καὶ ἐπέστρεψα βλέπειν τὴν φωνὴν ἥτις ἐλάλει μετ’ ἐμοῦ· καὶ ἐπιστρέψας εἶδον ἑπτὰ λυχνίας χρυσᾶς,
Greek NT
Et conversus sum ut viderem vocem, quæ loquebatur mecum : et conversus vidi septem candelabra aurea :
Vulgate
And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;
ASV
And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks:
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
13 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
This verse quotes or alludes to 1 earlier text.
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Zech 4:2 · allusion"And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon the top thereof:"Zechariah: seven lampstands — John's vision of the churches
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- Καὶ — SBLGNT
- Καὶ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + ἐκεῖ — Robinson-Pierpont
Theophany
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
That one God formed all things in the world, by means of the Word and the Holy Spirit: and that although He is to us in this life invisible and incomprehensible, nevertheless He is not unknown; inasmuch as His works do declare Him, and His Word has shown that in many modes He may be seen and known. 1. As regards His greatness, therefore, it is not possible to know God, for it i…
Cross-references
- Exod 25:31 — And thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold: of beaten work shall the candlestick be made: his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
- Exod 25:37 — And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
- Exod 25:37 — And thou shalt make the seven lamps thereof: and they shall light the lamps thereof, that they may give light over against it.
- Ezek 43:5 — So the spirit took me up, and brought me into the inner court; and, behold, the glory of the LORD filled the house.
- Rev 1:13 — And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
- Rev 1:20 — 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
- Rev 1:20 — 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
- Zech 4:2 — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, whi
- Zech 4:2 — And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, whi