Revelation 6:1

And I saw that the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying, as a voice of thunder, Come and see.

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In The King James Version

And I saw when the Lamb opened one of the seals, and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying, Come and see.

In Context

2And behold, a white horse, and he that sat thereon had a bow; and there was given unto him a crown: and he came forth conquering, and to conquer.

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Cross References

Acts 4:20for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and without, close sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 6:3And when he opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature saying, Come.

Revelation 6:7And when he opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature saying, Come and see.

Revelation 11:19And there was opened the temple of God in heaven; and there was seen in his temple the ark of the covenant of the Lord; and there followed lightnings, and voices, and thunders, and great hail.

Revelation 19:6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunders, saying, Hallelujah: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigneth.

Matthew Henry on Revelation 6:1

The book of the divine counsels being thus lodged in the hand of Christ, he loses no time, but immediately enters upon the work of opening the seals and publishing the contents; but this is done in such a manner as still leaves the predictions very abstruse and difficult to be understood. Hitherto the waters of the sanctuary have been as those in Ezekiel's vision, only to the ankles, or to the knees, or to the loins at least; but here they begin to be a river that cannot be passed over. The visions which John saw,… Read the whole commentary →

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