[8] I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which and which and which is to come, the Almighty. [9] I John, who also brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus [10] I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind a great voice, as of a trumpet, [11] Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.