Revelation 1:13 (ASV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Revelation 1:14 And his head and his hair were white as white wool, [white] as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;

Revelation 1:15 and his feet like unto burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace; and his voice as the voice of many waters.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "midst", "candlesticks", "like", "clothed", "garment", "down", "foot", and "girt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "midst" and "candlesticks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And I turned to see the voice..." into verse 14's "And his head and his hair were...", so "midst" and "candlesticks" 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 "midst" and "candlesticks" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.