Revelation 1:10
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.
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.
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 Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- KJV
- I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
- WEB
- I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
- ASV
- I was in the Spirit on the Lord`s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet
- DARBY
- I became in [the] Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a great voice as of a trumpet,
- BLB
- I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,
- ÅB
- Jeg var bortrykket i ånden på Herrens dag, og jeg hørte bak meg en høy røst som av en basun, som sa:
- OTB
- Jeg var i Ånden på Herrens dag, og jeg hørte en høy røst bak meg, klangfull som en trompet,
- B1930
- Jeg var bortrykket i ånden på Herrens dag, og jeg hørte bak mig en høi røst som av en basun, som sa:
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:2–4
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
Read in contextRevelation 4:1–2
After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
Read in contextRevelation 17:3
So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
Read in contextRevelation 10:3–8
And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Read in contextActs 20:7
And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Read in context1 Corinthians 16:2
Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Read in contextActs 10:10–33
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
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