Revelation 1:11 (ASV)

Passage

saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:9 I John, your brother and partaker with you in tribulation and kingdom and patience [which are] in Jesus, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord`s day, and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet

Revelation 1:11 saying, What thou seest, write in a book and send [it] to the seven churches: unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamum, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

Revelation 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;

Revelation 1:13 and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "thou", "seest", "write", "book", "send", "seven", and "churches". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "I was in the Spirit on the..." into verse 12's "And I turned to see the voice...", so "saying" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Revelation context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saying" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.