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Revelation 4:3
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.
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.
Verse Revelation 4:3. _AND HE THAT SAT_] There is here no description of the Divine Being, so as to point out any _similitude, shape_, or _dimensions_. The description rather aims to point out the su...
AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON - Was in appearance; or, as I looked upon him, this seemed to be his appearance. He does not describe his form, but his splendor. LIKE A JASPER - ἰάσπιδι iaspidi The...
III. THE THINGS WHICH ARE AFTER THESE, THE END OF THE AGE, THE CONSUMMATION, AND FINAL MESSAGES (4-22) Chapter S 4-5 _ 1. The open door and the vision of the throne (Revelation 4:1)_ 2. The twenty...
REVELATION 4. THE VISION OF HEAVEN. In this chapter the real Apocalypse commences. A door is opened in heaven and the seer sees the throne of God, flashing like jewels, and surrounded by a rainbow. Tw...
With the fourth chapter there is. remarkable change in the nature of Revelation. Two parts, the record of the things John _saw_ and the things that _were_ (are) have ended; the third part, the declara...
Immediately, I fell under the influence of the Spirit; and, behold, a throne stood in heaven, and there was One seated on it. And he who was seated on the throne was like a jasper stone and a sardian...
THE OPENING HEAVENS AND THE OPENING DOOR (Revelation 4:1) _ 4:1 After this I saw, and, behold, a door in heaven was standing open, and there came to me the voice that I had heard before, speaking to...
LOOK UPON. Compare App-133. JASPER. jasper stone. According to Pliny, this stone was translucent. SARDINE STONE. sardius stone.. precious stone from Sardis, red in color. RAINBOW. Greek. _iris._ Onl...
_a jasper and a sardine stone_ Our jasper, a stone the colour of which varies between red, green and yellow, does not seem very appropriate to the image here, nor to answer to the description in Revel...
ΚΑῚ Ὁ ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΣ. 1 … cop[146] arm[147] æth[148] And[149] Areth[150] Victorin. omit these words. [146] Coptic. [147] Armenian. [148] Aethiopic Version. [149] Andreas Archbishop of Caesarea. [150] Aret...
Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
_JOHN DESCRIBED WHAT HE SAW REVELATION 4:1-3 : AFTER_ the letters had been completed to the seven churches John saw a door opened in heaven. The voice of_ _ the Son of God is heard by John and is comp...
ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΣ _praes. med. (dep.) part. от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) сидеть, ΌΡΆΣΕΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΔΡΑΣΙΣ (G3706) вид, внешность. _Dat._ ссылки или отношения: "что касается внешности". ΊΆΣΠΙΔΙ _dat. sing. от_ ΪΑ...
AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON, &C.— Many interpreters have observed a mystical meaning in the colours and properties of the precious stones here mentioned. Thus, in the _jasper,_ which Grotius supp...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ PART II CHAPTER IV THE VISION OF THE THRONE _Text (Revelation 4:1-11)_ 1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voi...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 11 Text Revelation 4:1-8 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 sayi...
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. WAS. So Vulgate Coptic; omitted in 'Aleph (')AB W...
THE PROPHETIC SECTION 10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3; Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
4:3 round (e-20) I use 'round' for what is connected with anything (not necessarily united to it) as a centre, as the tire of a wheel, but 'around' is used for detached objects encircling....
THE GLORY OF GOD The Church has been encouraged in the midst of her tribulation and temptation by the vision of the presence and support of Christ. Now (Revelation 4:5) a further series of visions beg...
JASPER] i.e. according to some, the diamond; but according to Flinders Petrie (HDB. 'Stones, Precious'), the green jasper: cp. Revelation 21:11. The diamond would be emblematic of God's purity, the gr...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *WORSHIP IN HEAVEN - REVELATION 4:1-5 *WORSHIP OF GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS - REVELATION 4:1-11...
AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON LIKE A JASPER AND A SARDINE STONE. — In determining the significance of these emblems we must be guided partly by the analogy of Bible imagery elsewhere, and partly by...
CHAPTER III. ANTICIPATIONS OF THE CHURCH'S VICTORY. Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:1. WE have seen in considering the first chapter of the Apocalypse that the book as a whole is to be occupied with th...
The sources of the general conception lie far back in passages like Isaiah 6:1 f., Ezekiel 1:26 f., Daniel 7:9 f., Enoch xxxix., xl., xlvi., mediated by rabbinical interpretations. But it should be no...
“A THRONE SET IN HEAVEN” Revelation 4:1 The vision of the ascended Lord introduced the seven letters to the churches, so the visions of this and the next Chapter s introduce the seven seals. They res...
This chapter introduces us to the Revelation of Christ in His government of all world affairs in which a most remarkable vision of the heavenly order is presented to us. Everything is seen as surround...
The jasper stone may have been a diamond (21:11) and the sardine a ruby, but we cannot be sure. The rainbow gave the appearance of a velvety green emerald. The meaning of all this is unclear. We can c...
(4) 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. (4) By his nature, in that he is the Father, m...
_And he....was to the sight like the jasper, [1] or had the appearance of jaspers, as to the colours with which he appeared, &c. (Witham)_ [BIBLIOGRAPHY] Similis erat aspectui jaspidis, _Greek: omoi...
(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 thing...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
_LESSONS FROM THE RAINBOW_ ‘And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.’ Revelation 4:3 A storm is an awful phenomenon whenever it rages, because it is a convulsi...
After These Things I. INTRODUCTION A. The key to understanding the book of Revelation is in Revelation 1:19 "Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will...
But we have to consider where the fourth Chapter commences God's ways. It does not follow necessarily that the assembly has been spued out of Christ's mouth. It had been threatened; but the judgment o...
AND HE THAT SAT WAS TO LOOK UPON LIKE A JASPER,.... For the brightness, glory, and majesty of his countenance, and for his being light itself, clothed with it, and dwelling in it; see Revelation 21:11...
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. Ver. 3. _Like a jasper and a sardine_] God is here...
Revelation 4:3. "And there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald." The rainbow we know was appointed of God as a token of his gracious covenant with mankind. God is encom...
_He that sat was to look upon like a jasper_ Shone with a visible lustre, like that of sparkling precious stones, such as those which were of old on the high-priest's breast-plate, and those placed as...
A JASPER; a precious stone of various colors, as purple, blue, green. In chap Revelation 21:11, the light of the new Jerusalem is compared with it for brilliancy. A SARDINE STONE; a precious stone of...
A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN From this point in Revelation the Church is never again seen on earth, but always in heaven or coming as the armies in heaven with her Lord to judge the earth (Revelation 19:11...
_ 3 And 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._ A. Some have tried to figure out what each sto...
1-8 After the Lord Jesus had instructed the apostle to write to the churches "the things that are," there was another vision. The apostle saw a throne set in heaven, an emblem of the universal domini...
This is all but a description of the glory of God, as he appeared to John in this vision. The JASPER _stone_ is famous for its transparency, and variety of colours it offereth to the eye, and may sign...
Tertullian On the Apparel of Women Book I gems) are not generally worn with a view to ostentation. Emeralds[42]...
Revelation 4:3 And G2532 sat G2521 (G5740) was G2258 (G5713) like G3664 jasper G2393 and G2532 sardius...
‘And he who sat (on the throne) was to look on like a jasper stone (green) and a sardius (red), and there was a rainbow round about the throne, like an emerald (green) to look on.' The rainbow ties in...
Revelation 4:3. The description of Him that sat upon the throne is given: He was LIKE UNTO A JASPER STONE AND A SARDINE. It has been noticed that the two stones here mentioned are the first and the la...
Chaps. 4 and 5 form the third section of the Apocalypse; but the struggle of the Church, which it is the main object of the book to describe, does not yet begin. These two Chapter s are preparatory to...
TO LOOK UPON (ορασε). Locative case of ορασις, old word (from οραω, to see) for appearance (in appearance) as in Ezekiel 1:5; Ezekiel 1:26.LIKE A JASPER STONE (ομοιος ιασπιδ). Associative-instrume...
Revelation 4:3 The Throne and the Rainbow. Look I. At this wonderful throne. Of course we understand such a thing to be the symbol of government, of the Divine government in the universe, for that B...
CONTENTS: Things which shall be. Vision of the throne in heaven, the enthroned elders, the four living creatures and their worship with the elders because of creation. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
It is proper here to assist the reader with a key to the sublime visions about to open, which has been furnished by the profound study and observation of learned men in the churches of France, Germany...
God's throne is the spiritual center of the universe. Words can only hint at his glory! JASPER. A diamond - _white, brilliant -_ symbolic of holiness. CARNELLAN. A topaz - _bloody red -_ symbolic of j...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:3 John describes God’s glory in bright colors—JASPER, CARNELIAN, RAINBOW, EMERALD. The jewels mentioned in...
REVELATION 4:1 “Things that shall take place after this”: Christ’s defense of his church and destruction of its enemies. Having identified the strengths and weaknesses of the seven Asian churches, whi...
He saw a throne and one sat on it, brilliant as precious stones, and a rainbow round the throne. It was not said, who that was, but there can be no doubt....
AN INTRODUCTORY THEOPHANY _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 4:1. SAW.—Observed, not specially “looked up.” OPENED.—Set open. TRUMPET.— Revelation 1:10. WHICH SAID.—The voice is put for the...
EXPOSITION This is the commencement of the second great division, which embraces Revelation 4-22:5, that in which the revelation, properly so called, takes place. Revelation 4:1. and 5. contain the f...
_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 RA...
Revelation chapter four begins with the Greek word "meta autos". And the first verse begins and ends with the same Greek words. The words literally from the Greek are "after these things". So as we co...
Exodus 24:10; Exodus 28:18; Exodus 39:11; Ezekiel 1:26; Ezekiel 1:28;...
Jasper stone. The last of the twelve stones in the High Priest's breastplate (Exodus 28:20; Exodus 39:13), and the first of the twelve enumerated in the foundation of the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:...
THE THRONE PREPARING FOR JUDGMENT Revelation 4:1 _and Revelation 5:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching the second division of the Book of Revelation. Chapter three concludes the message to...
And he that sat was in appearance — Shone with a visible lustre, like that of sparkling precious stones, such as those which were of old on the high priest's breastplate, and those placed as the found...