Revelation 4:3
And to my eyes he was like a jasper and a sardius stone: and there was an arch of light round the high seat, like an emerald.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
2Straight away I was in the Spirit: and I saw a high seat in heaven, and one was seated on it;
Cross References
Exodus 24:10And they saw the God of Israel; and under his feet there was, as it seemed, a jewelled floor, clear as the heavens.
Exodus 39:11In the second, a ruby, a sapphire, and an onyx;
Ezekiel 1:26And on the top of the arch which was over their heads was the form of a king's seat, like a sapphire stone; and on the form of the seat was the form of a man seated on it on high.
Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every stone of great price was your clothing, the sardius, the topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the emerald and the carbuncle: your store-houses were full of gold, and things of great price were in you; in the day when you were made they were got ready.
Revelation 21:11Having the glory of God: and her light was like a stone of great price, a jasper stone, clear as glass:
Matthew Henry on Revelation 4:2-11
The Vision of Heaven. ( a. d. 95.) 1 After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald. 4… Read the whole commentary →