Revelation 1:17

When ¹  I saw him I fell down at his feet as though I were dead, but ²  he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid! I am the first and the last,

Ge 15:1; Ex 14:13; Ex 20:20; Isa 41:4; Isa 41:10; Isa 44:6; Isa 48:12; Eze 1:28; Da 8:18; Da 10:8,9,17-19; Da 10:10; Da 10:12; Hab 3:16; Mt 17:2-6; Mt 28:4; Mr 16:5,6; Lu 24:37-39; Joh 13:23; Joh 21:20; Re 1:8,11; Re 2:8; Re 22:13

¹ tn Grk “And when.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

² tn Here the Greek conjunction καί (kai) has been translated as a contrastive (“but”) due to the contrast between the two clauses.