Revelation 1:17 (YLT)

Passage

And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

Nearby Context

Revelation 1:15 and his feet like to fine brass, as in a furnace having been fired, and his voice as a sound of many waters,

Revelation 1:16 and having in his right hand seven stars, and out of his mouth a sharp two-edged sword is proceeding, and his countenance <FI>is<Fi> as the sun shining in its might.

Revelation 1:17 And when I saw him, I did fall at his feet as dead, and he placed his right hand upon me, saying to me, `Be not afraid; I am the First and the Last,

Revelation 1:18 and he who is living, and I did become dead, and, lo, I am living to the ages of the ages. Amen! and I have the keys of the hades and of the death.

Revelation 1:19 `Write the things that thou hast seen, and the things that are, and the things that are about to come after these things;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fall", "feet", "dead", "placed", "right", "hand", "upon", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fall" and "feet", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "and having in his right hand seven..." into verse 18's "and he who is living and I...", so "fall" and "feet" 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 "fall" and "feet" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.