Revelation 1:16-18

New Catholic Bible

¹⁶ In his right hand he held seven stars. From his mouth there protruded a sharp, two-edged sword, and his face shone like the sun in all its brilliance.

¹⁷ When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead, but he laid his right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One. ¹⁸ I was dead, but now I am alive forevermore, and I hold the keys to death and the netherworld.