Revelation 4:2
And immediately I was in the spirit: and behold there was a throne set in heaven, and upon the throne one sitting.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Kings 22:19And he added and said: Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:
Jeremiah 17:12A high and glorious throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctification:
Ezekiel 1:28As the appearance of the rainbow when it is in a cloud on a rainy day: this was the appearance of the brightness round about.
Ezekiel 10:1And saw and behold in the firmament that was over the heads of the cherubims, there appeared over them as it were the sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
Hebrews 8:1Now of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: We have such an high priest, who is set on the right hand of the throne of majesty in the heavens,
Revelation 3:21To him that shall overcome, I will give to sit with me in my throne: as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
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 →