Revelation 4:1
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.
2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
3 And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- After 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.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
- ASV
- After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, [a voice] as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.
- DARBY
- After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things.
- BLB
- After these things I saw, and behold, a door was standing open in heaven, and the first voice that I heard as a trumpet is speaking with me, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what is necessary to take place after these things.”
- ÅB
- Deretter så jeg, og se, det var en dør åpnet i himmelen, og den første røst, som jeg hadde hørt slik som av en basun, som talte med meg, sa: Stig opp her, og jeg vil vise deg det som skal skje heretter.
- OTB
- Etter disse hendelsene så jeg, og se, en dør sto åpen i himmelen. Den første stemmen jeg hørte, som lød som en basun, sa: “Kom opp hit, og jeg vil vise deg hva som må skje etter dette.”
- B1930
- Derefter så jeg, og se, det var en dør åpnet i himmelen, og den første røst, som jeg hadde hørt likesom av en basun, som talte med mig, sa: Stig op her, og jeg vil vise dig det som skal skje herefter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 11:12
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
Read in contextExodus 24:12
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Read in contextRevelation 1:19
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Read in contextRevelation 1:10
I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
Read in contextMark 1:10
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Read in contextRevelation 1:1–3
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto him, to shew unto his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel unto his servant John:
Read in contextExodus 34:2–3
And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning unto mount Sinai, and present thyself there to me in the top of the mount.
Read in contextRevelation 16:17
And the seventh angel poured out his vial into the air; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, from the throne, saying, It is done.
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