I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day when I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Immediately I was in the Spirit, and a throne was standing in heaven with someone seated on it!

I, John, your brother and the one who shares with you in the persecution, kingdom, and endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony about Jesus.

and the one who lives! I was dead, but look, now I am alive – forever and ever – and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!