Revelation 1:10 > In the Spirit

1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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I was in the Spirit

• ​I = John
• was in the Spirit = was given a "vision"

on the Lord's day,

• ​on the = indicates specificity
• Lord's = Jesus Christ's
• day = a period of 24 hours; includes an evening (night) and a morning (day)​

"The Lord's Day" is the biblical Sabbath day - the seventh day of each week (Saturday). Christ set this particular day apart from the other days as a memorial of His creation, calling us to worship Him in a special way on this day as our Creator.

The 4th Commandment -- Exodus 20:8-11

8 Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.
9 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:
10 But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
11 For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.

and (I) heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

• (I) = John
• ​heard = personally experienced
• behind = in close proximity to
• me = John
• ​​​great = loud
  
• voice = someone talking
• as of = similar to; like
  
• trumpet = a type of horn used to get people's attention for an announcement or a command
  
• John uses a trumpet to describe the voice that he heard, not only to emphasize the high volume (loudness), but also to describe the person's speech as clear and distinct, and the message as important and urgent.

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1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,

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