11Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
12And turning to see the voice which said these words to me, I saw seven gold vessels with lights burning in them;
13And in the middle of them one like a son of man, clothed with a robe down to his feet, and with a band of gold round his breasts.
14And his head and his hair were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
15And his feet like polished brass, as if it had been burned in a fire; and his voice was as the sound of great waters.
16And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
17And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one;