Revelation 1:18

Death and loss Jesus Christ The resurrection Eternal life

¹⁶ And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

¹⁷ And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.

¹⁹ Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;

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 are the seven churches.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
KJV: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
WEB: and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
ASV: and the Living one; and I was dead, and behold, I am alive for evermore, and I have the keys of death and of Hades.
DARBY: and the living one: and I became dead, and behold, I am living to the ages of ages, and have the keys of death and of hades.
BLB: and the Living One. And I became dead, and behold I am living to the ages of the ages, and I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

ÅB: Frykt ikke! jeg er den første og den siste og den levende; og jeg var død, og se, jeg er levende i all evighet. Og jeg har nøklene til døden og til dødsriket.
OTB: og den levende; jeg var død, og se, jeg er levende i all evighet, og jeg har nøklene til døden og dødsriket.
B1930: Frykt ikke! jeg er den første og den siste og den levende; og jeg var død, og se, jeg er levende i all evighet. Og jeg har nøklene til døden og til dødsriket.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 6:9
Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Read in context
Hebrews 7:25
Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Read in context
Romans 14:8–9
For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord’s.
Read in context
Psalms 68:20
He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
Read in context
Revelation 3:7
And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
Read in context
Isaiah 22:22
And the key of the house of David will I lay upon his shoulder; so he shall open, and none shall shut; and he shall shut, and none shall open.
Read in context
Revelation 20:1–2
And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand.
Read in context
Hebrews 12:2
Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.
Read in context