Revelation 4:2

Revelation 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
• New International Version (NIV)At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)At once I was in the Spirit, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with one seated on the throne.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne.

Context of Revelation 4:2

1After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.” At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it. 3The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:2 word by word

εὐθέως ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἰδοὺ θρόνος ἔκειτο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον καθήμενος.Read the interlinear

• At onceεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• I wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• Spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• I sawἰδούidou · look!G2400
• a throneθρόνοςthronos · throneG2362
• standingκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• seatedκάθημαιkathēmai · to sitG2521
• onἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909

Cross-references for Revelation 4:2

• Revelation 1:10On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
• Revelation 17:3And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
• Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
• Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard a great rumbling sound behind me: “Blessed be the glory of the LORD in His dwelling place!”
• Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
• Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.
• Jeremiah 17:12A glorious throne, exalted from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.
• Ezekiel 1:26Above the expanse over their heads was the likeness of a throne with the appearance of sapphire, and on the throne high above was a figure like that of a man.
• Ezekiel 10:1And I looked and saw above the expanse, above the heads of the cherubim, the likeness of a throne of sapphire.
• Revelation 4:9And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
• Revelation 3:21To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• 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 6:16And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.
• Revelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.
• Revelation 12:5And she gave birth to a son, a male child, who will rule all the nations with an iron scepter. And her child was caught up to God and to His throne.

Commentaries on Revelation 4:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2I was in the Spirit - Rapt up in an ecstasy.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And immediately I was in the Spirit - See the notes on Revelation 1:10. He does not affirm that he was caught up into heaven, nor does he say what impression was on his own mind, if any, as to the place where he was; but he was at once absorbed in the contemplation of the visions before him. He was doubtless still in Patmos, and these things were made to pass before his mind as a reality; that is, they appeared as real to him as if he saw them, and they…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2By being in the Spirit, John could experience spiritual realities (see Revelation 1:10; 17:3; 21:10; Ezekiel 11:1). He could understand insights about God's presence, the heavenly realm, and God's plans in history.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. And--omitted in the two oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac. I was, &c.--Greek, "I became in the Spirit" (see on Re 1:10): I was completely rapt in vision into the heavenly world. was set--not was placed, but was situated, literally, "lay." one sat on the throne--the Eternal Father: the Creator (Re 4:11): also compare Re 4:8 with Re 1:4, where also the Father is designated, "which is, and was, and is to come." When the Son, "the Lamb," is introduced…Read the comment

Topics related to Revelation 4:2

• Throne
• Vision

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Commentaries on Revelation 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings