Revelation 1:11 (DBY)

Passage

saying, What thou seest write in a book, and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:9 I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus.

Revelation 1:10 I became 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 to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamos, and to Thyatira, and to Sardis, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Revelation 1:12 And I turned back to see the voice which spoke with me; and having turned, I saw seven golden lamps,

Revelation 1:13 and in the midst of the [seven] lamps [one] like [the] Son of man, clothed with a garment reaching to the feet, and girt about at the breasts with a golden girdle:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "thou", "seest", "write", "book", "send", "seven", and "assemblies". 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 became in the Spirit on the..." into verse 12's "And I turned back to see the...", 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.