Revelation 6:1

Then I watched as the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like 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

2So I saw a white horse, and its rider held a bow. And he was given a crown, and he rode out to overcome and conquer.

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Cross References

Acts 4:20For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

Revelation 5:1Then I saw a scroll in the right hand of the One seated on the throne. It had writing on both sides and was sealed with seven seals.

Revelation 6:3And when the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, “Come!”

Revelation 6:7And when the Lamb opened the fourth seal, I heard the fourth living creature say, “Come and see!”

Revelation 11:19Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of the covenant of the Lord appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great hailstorm.

Revelation 19:6And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

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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