This is a non-debate thread.

Throughout the thread, entries in the 4th section (Analysis) will consist of excerpts from A Grammatical Analysis of the Greek New Testament, by Max Zerwick and Mary Grosvenor (Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1981).

Occasionally, the Analysis may include, in brackets, an entry headed 'BG': all such entries will consist of quotations from Biblical Greek: Illustrated by Examples, by Maximilian Zerwick S.J., English edition adapted from the fourth Latin edition by Joseph Smith S.J. (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici: Rome, 1963).

Prompted by a post by Jaltus in the Eschatology forum, I'll be reading Grant Osborne's Revelation (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament) for my own edification, but I do not intend to post any commentary in this thread.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:1-2):

Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ἣν ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ θεὸς δεῖξαι τοῖς δούλοις αὐτοῦ ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι ἐν τάχει, καὶ ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ τῷ δούλῳ αὐτοῦ Ἰωάννῃ, ὃς ἐμαρτύρησεν τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὅσα εἶδεν.

Transliteration:

Apokálupsis Iēsoũ Christoũ hēn édōken autō̧ ho theòs deĩxai toĩs doúlois autoũ hà deĩ genésthai en táchei, kaì esēmanen aposteílas dià toũ aggélou autoũ tō̧ doúlō̧ autoũ Iōánnȩ̄, hòs emartúrēsen tòn lógon toũ theoũ kaì tēn marturían Iēsoũ Christoũ hósa eĩden.

Translation (REB):

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him so that he might show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, who in telling all that he saw has borne witness to the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἀποκάλυψις : (< ἀποκαλύπτω reveal) : revelation.
ἔδωκεν : aorist of δίδωμι : he gave.
δεῖξαι : aorist infinitive of δείκνυμι : to show ; infinitive final: with an end in view, denoting purpose.
γενέσθαι : aorist infinitive of γίνομαι : to happen.
τάχος : speed ; ἐν τάχει quickly, shortly.
ἐσήμανεν : aorist of σημαίνω : he made it known.
ἀποστείλας : aorist participle of ἀποστέλλω : by sending, graphic participle [BG: Graphic participles are those which express a concomitant or preceding idea which is implicit in the verb to which they are added, certain idioms however adding such participles as a matter of course.] ; ἐσήμανεν ἀποστείλας διὰ Hebraism-Aramaism.
ἐμαρτύρησεν : aorist of μαρτυρέω, epistolary aorist ἐμαρτύρησεν ... ὅσα εἶδεν bears witness to all that he saw as being the word of God and...
μαρτυρία : testimony.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:3):

Μακάριος ὁ ἀναγινώσκων καὶ οἱ ἀκούοντες τοὺς λόγους τῆς προφητείας καὶ τηροῦντες τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ γεγραμμένα, ὁ γὰρ καιρὸς ἐγγύς.

Transliteration:

Makários ho anaginōskōn kaì hoi akoúontes toùs lógous tēs prophēteías kaì tēroũntes tà en autȩ̄ gegramména, ho gàr kairòs eggús.

Translation (ESV):

Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.

Analysis (Zerwick):

μακάριος : blessed, happy.
ἀναγινώσκων : participle of ἀναγινώσκω : ὁ ἀναγινώσκων the one who reads.
ἀκούοντες : participle of ἀκούω : οἱ ἀκούοντες those who hear.
προφητεία : prophecy : τῆς προφητείας this prophecy.
τηροῦντες : participle of τηρέω : οἱ ... τηροῦντες those who keep.
γεγραμμένα : perfect passive participle of γράφω : τὰ ... γεγραμμένα what is written.
ἐγγύς : near.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:4-5a):

Ἰωάννης ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις ταῖς ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη ἀπὸ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ πνευμάτων ἃ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀπὸ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὁ μάρτυς, ὁ πιστός, ὁ πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ ὁ ἄρχων τῶν βασιλέων τῆς γῆς.

Transliteration:

Iōánnēs taĩs heptà ekklēsíais taĩs en tȩ̄ Asía̧ ; cháris humĩn kaì eirēnē apò ho ōn kaì ho ēn kaì ho erchómenos kaì apò tōn heptà pneumátōn hà enōpion tou thrónou autoũ kaì apò Iēsoũ Christoũ, ho mártus, ho pistós, ho prōtótokos tōn nekrōn kaì ho árchōn tōn basiléōn tēs gēs.

Translation (REB):

John, to the seven churches in the province of Asia. Grace to you and peace, from him who is, who was, and who is to come, from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth.

Analysis (Zerwick):

Ἀσίᾳ : the Roman province, now SW region of Turkey.
ὢν : participle of εἰμί : ὁ ὢν etc. treated as an indeclinable name : he who is is.
ἦν : imperfect of εἰμί : he who was (indicative supplying for a durative passive participle ; the fact that the whole "name" is undeclined after ἀπό adds the impression of immutability to that of eternity.
ἐρχόμενος : participle of ἔρχομαι : ὁ ἐρχόμενος he who is to come.
ἑπτά πνεύματα : seven spirits : in Jewish literature of the seven archangels who stand before (the throne of) God ; others understand the Holy Spirit with his sevenfold manifestation to the seven churches, or again as one in name, yet seven in power, cf. Isaiah 11:2.
θρόνος : throne.
μάρτυς : witness (genitive = μάρτυρος; however, after Χριστοῦ the genitive is abandoned in spite of the apposition).
πιστός : faithful.
πρωτότοκος : (< τίκτω bear) firstborn, πρωτότοκος τῶν νεκρῶν less in time than in worthiness and honor.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:5b-6):

Τῷ ἀγαπῶντι ἡμᾶς καὶ λύσαντι ἡμᾶς ἐκ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐποίησεν ἡμᾶς βασιλείαν, ἱερεῖς τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ, αὐτῷ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας [τῶν αἰώνων]· ἀμήν.

Transliteration:

Tō̧ agapōnti hēmãs kaì lúsanti hēmãs ek tōn hamartiōn hēmōn en tō̧ haímati autoũ, kaì epoíēsen hēmãs basileían, hiereĩs tō̧ theō̧ kaì patrì autoũ, autō̧ hē dóxa kaì tò krátos eis toùs aiōnas [tōn aiōnōn]; amēn.

Translation (ESV):

To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἀγαπῶντι : participle of ἀγαπάω,
λύσαντι : aorist participle of λύω loose, free.
ἐν : instrumental [BG: "As is well known, the NT uses ἐν with almost Semitic frequency instead of the instrumental dative ¶119].
ἐποίησεν : aorist of ποιέω: τῷ ἀγαπῶντι...καὶ λύσαντι...καὶ ἐποίησεν: καί coordinate continuing the participial construction with indicative.
βασιλεία : a people under the kingship of God or rather eschatological : kingdom, dominion, sovereignty 20:6, I Thess 2:12.
ἱερεύς : priest.
ὁ θεός καί πατήρ : under one article, referring to the same Person.
αὐτοῦ : of Christ, associated also with θεῷ.
κράτος : might.
εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας : forever.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:7):

Ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται μετὰ τῶν νεφελῶν,
καὶ ὄψεται αὐτὸν πᾶς ὀφθαλμὸς καὶ οἵτινες αὐτὸν ἐξεκέντησαν,
καὶ κόψονται ἐπ᾿ αὐτὸν πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆς γῆς.
ναί, ἀμήν.

Transliteration:

Idoù érchetai metà tōn nephelōn,
kaì ópsetai autòn pãs ophthalmòs kaì hoítines autòn exekéntēsan,
kaì kópsontai epʼ autòn pãsai haí phulaì tēs gēs.
naí, amēn.

Translation (NRSV):

Look! he is coming with the clouds,
every eye will see him, even those who pierced him;
and on his account all the tribes of the earth will wail.
So it is to be. Amen.

Analysis (Zerwick):

νεφέλη : cloud.
ὄψεται : future of ὁράω : (every eye) will see.
οἵτινες = οἱ.
ἐξεκέντησαν : aorist of ἐκκεντέω : (those who οἵτινες) pierced.
κόψονται : future middle of κόπτω beat ; middle ἐπί τινα beat the breast, mourn for one.
φυλή : tribe.
ναί : yes, here emphasizing the foregoing, so it shall be.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:8):

Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ.

Transliteration:

Egō eimi tò álpha kaì tò ō, légei kúrios ho theós, ho ōn kaì ho ēn kai ho erchómenos, ho pantokrátōr.

Translation (NRSV):

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Analysis (Zerwick):

τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ω : the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, therefore the beginning and the end ; rabbinical expression adapted to Greek by substitution of Ω [omega] for tau.
ὢν : participle of εἰμί : ὁ ὢν etc. treated as an indeclinable name : he who is is.
ἦν : imperfect of εἰμί : he who was (indicative supplying for a durative passive participle ; the fact that the whole "name" is undeclined after ἀπό adds the impression of immutability to that of eternity.
ἐρχόμενος : participle of ἔρχομαι : ὁ ἐρχόμενος he who is to come.
παντοκράτωρ : almighty, all-sovereign.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:9):

Ἐγὼ Ἰωάννης, ὁ ἀδελφὸς ὑμῶν καὶ συγκοινωνὸς ἐν τῇ θλίψει καὶ βασιλείᾳ καὶ ὑπομονῇ ἐν Ἰησοῦ, ἐγενόμην ἐν τῇ νήσῳ τῇ καλουμένῃ Πάτμῳ διὰ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὴν μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ.

Transliteration:

Egō Iōánnēs, ho adelphòs humōn kaì sugkoinōnòs en tȩ̄ thlípsei kaì basileía̧ kai hupomonȩ̄ en Iēsoũ, egenómēn en tȩ̄ nēsō̧ tȩ̄ kalouménȩ̄ Pátmō̧ dià tòn lógon toũ theoũ kaì tēn marturían Iēsoũ.

Translation (ESV):

I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.

Analysis (Zerwick):

συγκοινωνὸς : fellow-sharer.
θλῖψις : distress, suffering, tribulation.
βασιλεία : kingdom, dominion, sovereignty.
ὑπομονή : endurance, fortitude.
θλῖψις, βασιλεία, ὑπομονή = three ideas which pervade the whole book, the three under one article [BG: ... the use of but one article before a number of nouns indicates that they are conceived as forming a certain unity, if not identical. ¶184].
ἐγενόμην : aorist of γίνομαι : I was.
νῆσος : island.
καλουμένῃ : passive participle of καλέω : called.
διά : with accusative on account of seems to point to persecution as the reason for his staying on the island.
μαρτυρία : testimony : μαρτυρίαν Ἰησοῦ (objective genitive) testimony to Jesus.

Originally posted by John Reece

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:8):

Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ, λέγει κύριος ὁ θεός, ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος, ὁ παντοκράτωρ.

Transliteration:

Egō eimi tò álpha kaì tò ō, légei kúrios ho theós, ho ōn kaì ho ēn kai ho erchómenos, ho pantokrátōr.

Translation (NRSV):

"I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty."

Analysis (Zerwick):

τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ Ω : the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, therefore the beginning and the end ; rabbinical expression adapted to Greek by substitution of Ω [omega] for tau.

John, is there anything significant in the fact that "alpha" is spelled out but "o[mega]" isn't? Are there some manuscripts that spell both out, or neither?

The (it just looks strange to me) Curtmudgeon

Originally posted by The Curtmudgeon

John, is there anything significant in the fact that "alpha" is spelled out but "o[mega]" isn't?

No.

Originally posted by The Curtmudgeon

Are there some manuscripts that spell both out, or neither?

No.

Originally posted by The Curtmudgeon

... (it just looks strange to me) ...

Me too.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:10-11):

ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι ἐν τῇ κυριακῇ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ ἤκουσα ὀπίσω μου φωνὴν μεγάλην ὡς σάλπιγγος λεγούσης· ὃ βλέπεις γράψον εἰς βιβλίον καὶ πέμψον ταῖς ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαις, εἰς Ἔφεσον καὶ εἰς Σμύρναν καὶ εἰς Πέργαμον καὶ εἰς Θυάτειρα καὶ εἰς Σάρδεις καὶ εἰς Φιλαδέλφειαν καὶ εἰς Λαοδίκειαν.

Transliteration:

egenómēn en pneúmati en tȩ̄ kyriakȩ̄ hēméra̧ kaì ēkousa opísō mou phōnēn megálēn hōs sálpiggos legoúsēs; ho blépeis grápson eis biblíon kaì pémpson taĩs heptà ekklēsíais, eis Épheson kaì eis Smúrnan kai eis Pérgamon kaì eis Thuáteira kaì eis Sárdeis kaì eis Philadélpheian kaì eis Laodíkeian.

Translation (ESV):

I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea."

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἐν πνεύματι : state in which one is particularly sensitive to the Spirit's influence.
κυριακός : of the Lord.
ἤκουσα : aorist of ἀκούω : I heard.
ὀπίσω : behind.
σάλπιγξ σάλπιγγος : trumpet.
λεγούσης : feminine participle of λέγω : saying.
γράψον : aorist imperative of γράφω : write.
πέμψον : aorist imperative of πέμπω : send.
βιβλίον : originally diminutive, became equivalent to βίβλος : book.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:12-13):

Καὶ ἐπέστρεψα βλέπειν τὴν φωνὴν ἥτις ἐλάλει μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ, καὶ ἐπιστρέψας εἶδον ἑπτὰ λυχνίας χρυσᾶς καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν λυχνιῶν ὅμοιον υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου ἐνδεδυμένον ποδήρη καὶ περιεζωσμένον πρὸς τοῖς μαστοῖς ζώνην χρυσᾶν.

Transliteration:

Kaì epéstrepsa blépein tēn phōnēn hētis elálei metʼ emoũ, kaì epistrépsas eĩdon heptà luchnías chrusãs kaì en mésō̧ tōn luchniōn hómoion huiòn anthrōpou endeduménon podērē kaì periezōsménon pròs toĩs mastoĩs zōnēn chrusãn.

Translation (ESV):

Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking to me, and on turning I saw seven golden lampstands, and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἐπέστρεψα : aorist of ἐπιστρέφω : I turned.
βλέπειν : infinitive to see : βλέπειν τὴν φωνὴν i.e. to see whose voice.
ἥτις = ἥ : feminine of relative pronoun ὅς : that.
ἐλάλε : imperfect of λαλέω : (whose voice) was speaking.
ἐπιστρέψας : aorist participle of ἐπιστρέφω : when I turned.
χρυσοῦς (genitive - χρυσοῦ) -σῆ, -οῦν : made of gold.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:14-16):

ἡ δὲ κεφαλὴ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ τρίχες λευκαὶ ὡς ἔριον λευκὸν ὡς χιὼν καὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ αὐτοῦ ὡς φλὸξ πυρὸς καὶ οἱ πόδες αὐτοῦ ὅμοιοι χαλκολιβάνῳ ὡς ἐν καμίνῳ πεπυρωμένης καὶ ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ ὡς φωνὴ ὑδάτων πολλῶν, καὶ ἔχων ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀστέρας ἑπτὰ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ ῥομφαία δίστομος ὀξεῖα ἐκπορευομένη καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ ὡς ὁ ἥλιος φαίνει ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ.

Transliteration:

hē dè kephalē autoũ kaì hai tríches leukaì hōs érion leukòn hōs chiōn kaì hoi ophthalmoì autoũ hōs phlòx puròs kaì hoi pódes autoũ hómoioi chalkolibánō̧ hōs en kamínō̧ pepurōménēs kaì hē phōnē autoũ hōs phōnē hudátōn pollōn, kaì échōn en tȩ̄ dexia̧ cheirì autoũ astéras heptà kaì ek tou stómatos autoũ rhomphaía dístomos oxeĩa ekporeuoménē kaì hē ópsis autoũ hōs ho hēlios phaínei en tȩ̄ dunámei autoũ.

Translation (ESV):

The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.

Analysis (Zerwick):

θρίξ, τριχός, ἡ : a hair : αἱ τρίχες hair.
λευκός : white.
ἔριον : wool.
χιών, όνος, ἡ : snow.
φλόξ, φλογός, ἡ : flame.
χαλκολίβανος : bronze ; exact substance unidentified.
κάμινος, ου, ἡ : furnace.
πεπυρωμένης : perfect passive feminine participle of πυρόω burn ; refine ; πεπυρωμένης feminine and genitive defies explanation as it stands, amendments are suggested but these have poor manuscript support.
ἔχων : with grammatical subject, logically refers to υἱὸν ἀνθρώπου (verse 13).
δεξιός : right ; ἡ δεξιá, with or without χείρ, right hand.
ἀστήρ, έρος, ὁ : star.
ῥομφαία : sword.
δίστομος : (δίς twice + στόμα mouth) masculine and feminine, neuter -ον : two-edged.
ὀξύς : sharp.
ἐκπορευομένη : participle of ἐκπορεύομαι issue, come out.
ὄψις : face.
ἥλιος : sun.
φαίνω : show ; intransitive shine.
ἐν τῇ δυνάμει αὐτοῦ : with its (full) force.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:17-18):

Καὶ ὅτε εἶδον αὐτόν, ἔπεσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ὡς νεκρός, καὶ ἔθηκεν τὴν δεξιὰν αὐτοῦ ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ λέγων· μὴ φοβοῦ· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ ἔσχατος καὶ ὁ ζῶν, καὶ ἐγενόμην νεκρὸς καὶ ἰδοὺ ζῶν εἰμι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἔχω τὰς κλεῖς τοῦ θανάτου καὶ τοῦ ᾅδου.

Transliteration:

Kaì hóte eĩdon autón, épesa pròs toùs pódas autoũ hōs nekrós, kaì éthēken tēn dexiàn autoũ epʼ emè légōn: mē phoboũ; egō eimi ho prōtos kaì ho éschatos kaì ho zōn, kaì egenómēn nekròs kaì idoù zōn eimi eis toùs aiōnas tōn aiōnōn kai échō tàs kleĩs toũ thanátou kaì toũ ha̧dou.

Translation (ESV):

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, "Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.

Analysis (Zerwick):

ἔπεσα : aorist of πίπτω : I fell.
πρὸς τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ : at his feet.
ἔθηκεν : aorist of τίθημι : he laid.
φοβοῦ : imperative of φοβέομαι : fear (not).
ἔσχατος : last.
ζῶν : participle of ζάω : ὁ ζῶν the living one.
ἐγενόμην : aorist of γίνομαι : I became (dead, νεκρός) : ἐγενόμην νεκρὸς I died.
εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων : for ever and ever.
κλείς : key : note accent of κλεῖς = classical accusative plural (Hellenistic Greek κλεῖδας).
ᾅδης : hades, underworld : ἡ κλεὶς τοῦ ᾅδου here, the power of delivering from or consigning to the lower world.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:19):

γράψον οὖν ἃ εἶδες καὶ ἃ εἰσὶν καὶ ἃ μέλλει γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα.

Transliteration:

grápson oun ha eĩdes kai ha eisìn kai ha méllei genésthai metà taũta.

Translation (ESV):

Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this.

Analysis (Zerwick):

γράψον : aorist imperative of γράφω : write.
γενέσθαι : aorist infinitive of γίνομαι : μέλλει γενέσθαι is to come about.

NA27 Text (Revelation 1:20):

τὸ μυστήριον τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀστέρων οὓς εἶδες ἐπὶ τῆς δεξιᾶς μου καὶ τὰς ἑπτὰ λυχνίας τὰς χρυσᾶς· οἱ ἑπτὰ ἀστέρες ἄγγελοι τῶν ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησιῶν εἰσιν καὶ αἱ λυχνίαι αἱ ἑπτὰ ἑπτὰ ἐκκλησίαι εἰσίν.

Transliteration:

to mustērion tōn heptà astérōn hous eĩdes epì tēs dexiãs mou kai tas heptà luchnías tas chrusãs; hoi heptà astéres ággeloi tōn heptà ekklēsiōn eisin kai hai luchníai hai heptà heptà ekklēsíai eisín.

Translation (ESV):

As for the mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand, and the seven golden lampstands, the seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

Analysis (Zerwick):

μυστήριον : mystery, hidden meaning ; accusative of respect, with regard to / as to the secret.
ἀστήρ, έρος, ὁ : star.
λυχνία : lampstand.
χρυσοῦς (genitive - χρυσοῦ) -σῆ, -οῦν : made of gold.
λυχνία, χρυσοῦς : accusative instead of genitive (after μυστήριον) under influence of εἶδες.
ἄγγελος : explained in different ways, all of which from "guardian angels" to "messengers from the churches" are beset by difficulties. Probably the angels stand as symbols of the spirit and outlook characterizing each community.