Revelation 1:20

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.

The mystery {G3466} of the seven {G2033} stars {G792} which {G3739} thou sawest {G1492} in {G1909} my {G3450} right hand {G1188}, and {G2532} the seven {G2033} golden {G5552} candlesticks {G3087}. The seven {G2033} stars {G792} are {G1526} the angels {G32} of the seven {G2033} churches {G1577}: and {G2532} the seven {G2033} candlesticks {G3087} which {G3739} thou sawest {G1492} are {G1526} the seven {G2033} churches {G1577}.

Here is the secret meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand, and of the seven gold menorahs: the seven stars are the angels of the seven Messianic communities, and the seven menorahs are the seven Messianic communities.

This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

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 are seven churches.

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Cross-References

  • Revelation 2:1 (14 votes)

    Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars in his right hand, who walketh in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks;

  • Revelation 3:1 (11 votes)

    And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.

  • Revelation 1:16 (10 votes)

    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.

  • Zechariah 4:2 (9 votes)

    And said unto me, What seest thou? And I said, I have looked, and behold a candlestick all [of] gold, with a bowl upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which [are] upon the top thereof:

  • Revelation 3:7 (8 votes)

    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;

  • Revelation 3:14 (7 votes)

    And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God;

  • Revelation 2:12 (6 votes)

    And to the angel of the church in Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword with two edges;