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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)And instantly I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne in heaven and someone sitting on it.

Context of Revelation 4:2

1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.” At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and ruby. A rainbow that shone like an emerald encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold 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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• immediatelyεὐθέωςeutheōs · immediatelyG2112
• I wasγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• the spiritπνεῦμαpneuma · spirit/breath: spiritG4151
• beholdὁράωhoraō · to see: seeG3708
• a throneθρόνοςthronos · throneG2362
• was setκεῖμαιkeimai · to lay/be appointedG2749
• heavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• satκάθημαιkathēmai · 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 17:3Then the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness. There 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, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
• Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the Lord rose from the place where it was standing.
• Revelation 4:5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. In front of the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits of God.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and him who was seated on it. The earth and the heavens fled from his presence, and there was no place for them.
• Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; 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 vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man.
• Ezekiel 10:1I looked, and I saw the likeness of a throne of lapis lazuli above the vault that was over the heads of the cherubim.
• Revelation 4:9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever,
• Revelation 3:21To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne.
• Revelation 5:1Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides and sealed with seven seals.
• Revelation 6:16They called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!
• Revelation 7:9After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands.
• Revelation 12:5She gave birth to a son, a male child, who “will rule all the nations with an iron scepter.” And her child was snatched 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