What seest thou? The fifth vision.
I said. Heb, text reads "he". Some codices, with four early printed editions, are without the Hebrew margin, "I"
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
candlestick. a single seven-branched lampstand, as in the Tabernacle and in the second Temple (1 Macc. 1.21; 4.49; as seen in the Arch of Titus, in Rome). The reference is to the Pentateuch (Exodus 25:31); not to Solomon's Temple, in which there were ten separate lampstands (1 Kings 7:49). Compare Jeremiah 52:19. App-92.
and his seven lamps. Reference to Pentateuch (Ex, Zec 25:37).
seven pipes. This looks forward to the future, as described in Revelation 11:3-12.