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Revelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — John, exiled on Patmos for his testimony, records a moment when he heard a voice speaking behind him on the Lord’s day.
The words — ἐγενόμην (egenomēn) translates literally as "I was," and κυριακῆ ἡμέρᾳ (kuriakē hēmera) means "Lord’s day." The phrase ἐν πνεύματι (en pneumati) states the author was "in the Spirit" when the voice spoke.
The thread — This experience of being carried in the Spirit parallels John’s later vision in Revelation 21:10 and Paul’s description of a man caught up in 2 Corinthians 12:2, while the trumpet-like voice echoes the heavenly announcement in Revelation 4:1.
Why it lands — The text records a direct divine command to write what is seen and send it to seven named churches, requiring immediate obedience rather than private speculation.
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The Greek words
King James Version
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Cross-references
- Revelation 21:10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
- 2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
- Revelation 4:1 After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
- Revelation 17:3 And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
- Acts 20:7 On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
- Revelation 10:3 Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.
- Acts 10:10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
- 1 Corinthians 16:2 On the first day of every week, each of you should set aside a portion of his income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will be needed.
- Matthew 22:43 Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
- John 20:19 It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.