New American Standard Bible 2020
Revelation 4:2
2Immediately I was 1in the 2Spirit; and behold, 3a throne was standing in heaven, and 4someone was sitting on the throne.
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 these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after these things.” Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and someone was sitting on the throne. 3And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance. 4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and golden crowns on their heads.
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εὐθέως ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἰδοὺ θρόνος ἔκειτο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον καθήμενος.Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Revelation 4:2
- Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like the sound of a trumpet,
- Revelation 17:3And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness; and I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast, full of blasphemous names, having seven heads and ten horns.
- Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain, and showed me the holy city, 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 from His place!”
- Revelation 4:5Out from the throne came flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God;
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat upon it, from whose presence earth and heaven fled, and no place was found for them.
- Isaiah 6:1In the year of King Uzziah’s death I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, lofty and exalted, with the train of His robe filling the temple.
- Jeremiah 17:12A glorious throne on high from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
- Ezekiel 1:26Now above the expanse that was over their heads there was something resembling a throne, like lapis lazuli in appearance; and on that which resembled a throne, high up, was a figure with the appearance of a man.
- Ezekiel 10:1Then I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the heads of the cherubim something like a sapphire stone, in appearance resembling a throne, appeared above them.
- Revelation 4:9And when the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, to Him who lives forever and ever,
- Revelation 3:21The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne.
- Revelation 5:1I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed up with seven seals.
- Revelation 6:16and they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the sight of Him who sits on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb;
- Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all the tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
- Revelation 12:5And she gave birth to a Son, a male, who is going to rule all the nations with a rod of iron; 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
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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
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