Revelation 4:1

After these things, I looked and lo, a door was open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard, was as of a trumpet talking with me. It said, Come up hither; and I will show thee the things that must occur hereafter.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

2Instantly, I was in the Spirit: and lo, a throne was placed in heaven; and there was one seated on the throne.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:16And when Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. And heaven was opened to him; and he saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove, and it came upon him.

Luke 3:21And it occurred, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also was baptized. And as he prayed, the heavens were opened;

Acts 7:56And he said: Lo, I see heaven open, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Revelation 1:1THE Revelation of Jesus the Messiah, which God gave to him, to show to his servants the things that must shortly occur: and he signified it by sending, through 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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