I John, your brother and your companion in the distress and realm and patient endurance which Jesus brings, found myself in the island called Patmos, for adhering to God's word and the testimony of Jesus.

On the Lord's day I found myself rapt in the Spirit, and I heard a loud voice behind me like a trumpet calling,

Wake up, rally what is still left to you, though it is on the very point of death; for I find nothing you have done is complete in the eyes of my God.

At once I found myself rapt in the Spirit; and lo a Throne stood in heaven with One seated on the throne ??3 the seated One resembled in appearance jasper and sardius ??and round the throne a rainbow resembling emerald in appearance;

So I began to weep bitterly because no one had been found fit to open the scroll or look into it;

In those days men will seek death, but they will not find it: they will long to die, but death flies from them.

And when the dragon found himself thrown down to earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child;

and the sound of harpists and minstrels and fluteplayers and trumpeters shall never be heard in thee more: and craftsmen of any craft shall never be found in thee more: and the sound of the millstone shall never be heard in thee more: and the light of a lamp shall never be seen in thee more: and the voice of the bridegroom and bride shall never be heard in thee more.

And in her was found the blood of prophets and saints, of all who were slain upon earth."

Then I saw a great white throne, and One who was seated thereon; from his presence earth and sky fled, no more to be found.

and whoever was not found enrolled in the book of Life was flung into the lake of fire ??which is the second death, the lake of fire.