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 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 these things I looked, and behold, a door standing open in heaven. And the first voice which I heard was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you things which must take place after this.” Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne set in heaven, and One sat on the throne. 3And He who sat there was like a jasper and a sardius stone in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, in appearance like an emerald. 4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they 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 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet,
• Revelation 17:3So he carried me away in the Spirit into the wilderness. And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast which was full of names of blasphemy, 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 great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
• Ezekiel 3:12Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a great thunderous voice: “Blessed is the glory of the Lord from His place!”
• Revelation 4:5And from the throne proceeded lightnings, thunderings, and voices. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
• Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them.
• Isaiah 6:1In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
• Jeremiah 17:12A glorious high throne from the beginning Is the place of our sanctuary.
• Ezekiel 1:26And above the firmament over their heads was the likeness of a throne, in appearance like a sapphire stone; on the likeness of the throne was a likeness with the appearance of a man high above it.
• Ezekiel 10:1And I looked, and there in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubim, there appeared something like a sapphire stone, having the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
• Revelation 4:9Whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to Him who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
• Revelation 3:21To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
• Revelation 5:1And I saw in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne a scroll written inside and on the back, sealed with seven seals.
• Revelation 6:16and said to the mountains and 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 these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, with palm branches in their hands,
• Revelation 12:5She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron. And her Child was caught up to God and 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

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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