Revelation 4:1
After this I loked and beholde a dore was open in heven and the fyrste voyce which I harde was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me which said: come vp hydder and I will shewe the thynges which must be fulfyllyd hereafter.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
2And immediatly I was in the sprete: and beholde a seate was put in heven and one sate on the seate.
Cross References
Matthew 3:16And Iesus assone as he was baptised came strayght out of the water. And lo heue was open over hym: and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym.
Luke 3:21And that fortuned as all the people receaved baptyme (and when Iesus was baptised and dyd praye) that heaven was opened
Acts 7:56and sayde: beholde I se the hevens open and the sonne of man stondynge on the ryght honde of god.
Revelation 1:1The reuelacion of Iesus Christe which god gave vnto him for to shewe vnto his servauntes thinges which muste shortly come to passe. And he sent and shewed by his angell vnto his servaunt Ihon
Matthew Henry on Revelation 4:1
In this chapter the prophetical scene opens; and, as the epistolary part opened with a vision of Christ ( ch. i. ), so this part is introduced with a glorious appearance of the great God, whose throne is in heaven, compassed about with the heavenly host. This discovery was made to John, and in this chapter he, I. Records the heavenly sight he saw, ver. 1-7 . And then, II. The heavenly songs he heard, ver. 8, to the end . Read the whole commentary →