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Revelation 1:16

Context
1:16 He held 1  seven stars in his right hand, and a sharp double-edged sword extended out of his mouth. His 2  face shone like the sun shining at full strength.

Revelation 1:20

Context
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and the seven golden lampstands is this: 3  The seven stars are the angels 4  of the seven churches and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

1 tn Grk “and having.” In the Greek text this is a continuation of the previous sentence, but because contemporary English style employs much shorter sentences, a new sentence was started here in the translation by supplying the pronoun “he.”

2 tn This is a continuation of the previous sentence in the Greek text, but a new sentence was started here in the translation.

3 tn The words “is this” are supplied to make a complete sentence in English.

4 tn Or perhaps “the messengers.”



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