Revelation 4:1
AFTER these I saw, and, behold, a door (was) open in heaven. And the first voice that I had heard as a trumpet talking with me, said, Come up hither, and I will make thee see the (things) which must be after these.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
2At once I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne placed in heaven, and upon the throne (One) sat.
Cross References
Matthew 3:16But when Jeshu was baptized, he immediately ascended from the waters; and the heaven was opened unto him; and he saw the Spirit of Aloha, who descended, like the dove, and came upon him.
Luke 3:21But it was when he had baptized all the people, and also Jeshu he baptized. And while he prayed,
Acts 7:56And he said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of Aloha.
Revelation 1:1THE Revelation of Jeshu Meshiha, which Aloha gave unto him, to show unto his servants the things which must be done speedily; and which he made known, sending by his angel unto his servant Juhanon,
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 →