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Revelation 4:2

Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne

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  • WEB World English Bible

    Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    And immediatly I was in the sprete: and beholde a seate was put in heven and one sate on the seate.

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    And immediatly I was rauished in the spirit, and behold, a throne was set in heauen, and one sate vpon the throne.

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Cross-references (25)

Passages linked to Revelation 4:2 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 1 Kings 22:19 Micaiah said, “Therefore hear Yahweh’s word. I saw Yahweh sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.
  • Revelation 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, like a trumpet
  • Isaiah 6:1 In the year that king Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up; and his train filled the temple.
  • Ezekiel 3:12-14 Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me the voice of a great rushing, saying, “Blessed be Yahweh’s glory from his place.” I heard the noise of the wings of the living creatures as they touched one another, and the noise of the wheels beside them, even the noise of a great rushing. So the Spirit lifted me up, and took me away; and I went in bitterness, in the heat of my spirit; and Yahweh’s hand was strong on me.
  • Ezekiel 1:26 Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.
  • Daniel 7:9 “I watched until thrones were placed, and one who was ancient of days sat. His clothing was white as snow, and the hair of his head like pure wool. His throne was fiery flames, and its wheels burning fire.
  • Revelation 4:5 Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
  • Revelation 4:9 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
  • Revelation 5:1 I saw, in the right hand of him who sat on the throne, a book written inside and outside, sealed shut with seven seals.
  • Revelation 5:13 I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
  • Hebrews 8:1 Now in the things which we are saying, the main point is this. We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,
  • Revelation 21:10 He carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God,
  • Ezekiel 1:28 As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.
  • Ezekiel 10:1 Then I looked, and see, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
  • Revelation 3:21 He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
  • Revelation 19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!”
  • Revelation 20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. There was found no place for them.
  • Revelation 5:6-7 I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth. Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
  • Revelation 12:5 She gave birth to a son, a male child, who is to rule all the nations with a rod of iron. Her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.
  • Revelation 17:3 He carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet-colored beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
  • Revelation 21:5 He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” He said, “Write, for these words of God are faithful and true.”
  • Revelation 7:9-17 After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands. They cried with a loud voice, saying, “Salvation be to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God, saying, “Amen! Blessing, glory, wisdom, thanksgiving, honor, power, and might, be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” One of the elders answered, saying to me, “These who are arrayed in the white robes, who are they, and where did they come from?” I told him, “My lord, you know.” He said to me, “These are those who came out of the great suffering.They washed their robes, and made them white in the Lamb’s blood. Therefore they are before the throne of God, they serve him day and night in his temple. He who sits on the throne will spread his tabernacle over them. They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
  • Revelation 22:1-3 He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb, in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations. There will be no curse any more. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in it, and his servants will serve him.
  • Jeremiah 17:12 A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
  • Revelation 6:16 They told the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb,

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The manner of revelation, as before, 1:10.

The manner of revelation, as before, 1:10.

A description of God the Father, and of his glory in the heavens, framed unto the manner of men, by his office, nature, company, attending, effect, instruments and events that follow afterwards. In this verse, he is presented in office a judge, as Abraham said, Gen. 18, which is declared by his throne, as an ensign of judgment, and his sitting thereupon.

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See Rev. 1:12.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and,…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain In the Spirit; in an ecstasy, as Paul, 2Co…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain I was in the Spirit; that is, in an…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And immediately I was in the Spirit,.... As he…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And immediately I was in the spirit - Even…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 2. I was in the Spirit] Rapt up…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Rev 4:2. Immediately I was in the Spirit —…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And immediately I was in the Spirit - See…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain I was in the spirit, rapt as it were…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain And--omitted in the two oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac.
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 2. Immediately—On ascending and entering the door.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 2. I was in the spirit] As Rev_1:10 q.v.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (2) And immediately I was in the spirit.— Comp.…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And immediately I was in the Spirit. Omit "and"…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain A throne was set in heaven.
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 2. I was in the spirit. At once he…
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 4:2 By being in the Spirit, John could experience…

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