Revelation 4:1

After these things I saw, and behold, a door was opened in the heaven: and the first voice I heard was as of a trumpet speaking with me; saying; Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which it behooves to come to pass after these.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

In The King James Version

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 shew thee things which must be hereafter.

In Context

2Immediately I was in the Spirit: and behold, a throne was set in the heaven, and on the throne one sitting,

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16And Jesus having been baptized, came up straightway from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened and He saw the Spirit of God, descending like a dove, coming on Him.

Luke 3:21And it came to pass while all the people were being baptized, and Jesus having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

Acts 7:56and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Revelation 1:1The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show unto his servants the thing which it behooves speedily to come to pass; and he signified having sent by his angel to his servant John;

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 →

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