And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Ver. 12. And being turned I saw] It is well observed here by a learned interpreter (Mr Brightman), that every godly endeavour doth receive some fruit greater than a man can hope for; John turned himself to behold the man, and behold (over and besides) seven candlesticks, which he had not the least suspicion of.
Seven golden candlesticks] Candlesticks the Churches are called, for the light they have and give; golden, for their worth and price; as much above other men as gold is above other metals. As God is the gold of his people ("the Almighty shall be thy gold," saith Eliphaz, Job 22:25), so they are his; yea, his peculiar treasure: they comprehend all his gettings,Titus 2:14, they are the people of his acquisition, 1 Peter 2:9 .