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Chapter 4
The Throne in Heaven
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After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice vvv vvv 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.
Μετὰ ταῦτα εἶδον καὶ ἰδοὺ θύρα ἠνεῳγμένη ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ ἡ φωνὴ ἣν ἡ πρώτη ἤκουσα λαλούσης μετ’ ἐμοῦ ὡς σάλπιγγος λέγων Ἀνάβα ὧδε καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι μετὰ ταῦτα Meta tauta eidon kai idou thyra ēneōgmenē en tō ouranō kai hē phōnē hēn hē prōtē ēkousa lalousēs met’ emou hōs salpingos legōn Anaba hōde kai deixō soi ha dei genesthai meta tauta — NA/TR · 1
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At once I was in [the] Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, [with] [someone] seated on [it].
εὐθέως ἐγενόμην ἐν Πνεύματι καὶ ἰδοὺ θρόνος ἔκειτο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον eutheōs egenomēn en Pneumati kai idou thronos ekeito en tō ouranō kai kathēmenos epi ton thronon — NA/TR · 2
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- The [One] seated there looked like jasper and carnelian…, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.
καὶ ὁ καθήμενος ὁράσει ὅμοιος ἰάσπιδι καὶ σαρδίῳ λίθῳ καὶ ἶρις ὁράσει ὅμοιος σμαραγδίνῳ κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου kai ho kathēmenos horasei homoios iaspidi kai sardiō lithō kai iris horasei homoios smaragdinō kyklothen tou thronou — NA/TR · 3
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- Surrounding the throne [were] twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white -, [with] golden crowns on their heads.
καὶ κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου εἴκοσι τέσσαρες θρόνους καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους καθημένους εἴκοσι τέσσαρας πρεσβυτέρους περιβεβλημένους ἐν λευκοῖς ἱματίοις καὶ χρυσοῦς στεφάνους ἐπὶ αὐτῶν τὰς κεφαλὰς kai kyklothen tou thronou eikosi tessares thronous kai epi tous thronous kathēmenous eikosi tessaras presbyterous peribeblēmenous en leukois himatiois kai chrysous stephanous epi autōn tas kephalas — NA/TR · 4
Worship of the Creator
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- From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God.
Καὶ ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου ἐκπορεύονται ἀστραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ βρονταί καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου καιόμεναι ἑπτὰ λαμπάδες πυρὸς ἅ εἰσιν τὰ ἑπτὰ Πνεύματα τοῦ Θεοῦ Kai ek tou thronou ekporeuontai astrapai kai phōnai kai brontai kai enōpion tou thronou kaiomenai hepta lampades pyros ha eisin ta hepta Pneumata tou Theou — NA/TR · 5
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And before the throne [was something] like a sea of glass, [as clear as] crystal. In [the] center -, around the throne, [were] four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back.
καὶ ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου ὡς θάλασσα ὑαλίνη ὁμοία κρυστάλλῳ καὶ ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ κύκλῳ τοῦ θρόνου τέσσαρα ζῷα γέμοντα ὀφθαλμῶν ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν kai enōpion tou thronou hōs thalassa hyalinē homoia krystallō kai en mesō tou thronou kai kyklō tou thronou tessara zōa gemonta ophthalmōn emprosthen kai opisthen — NA/TR · 6
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- The first living creature [was] like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth [was] like an eagle in flight.
καὶ τὸ τὸ πρῶτον ζῷον ὅμοιον λέοντι καὶ τὸ δεύτερον ζῷον ὅμοιον μόσχῳ καὶ τὸ τρίτον ζῷον ἔχων τὸ πρόσωπον ὡς ἀνθρώπου καὶ τὸ τέταρτον ζῷον ὅμοιον ἀετῷ πετομένῳ kai to to prōton zōon homoion leonti kai to deuteron zōon homoion moschō kai to triton zōon echōn to prosōpon hōs anthrōpou kai to tetarton zōon homoion aetō petomenō — NA/TR · 7
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And each… [of] the four living creatures had six wings [and was] covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night vvv they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, [is the] Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
καὶ ἓν καθ’ ἓν αὐτῶν τὰ τέσσαρα ζῷα ἔχων ἕξ πτέρυγας ἀνὰ γέμουσιν ὀφθαλμῶν κυκλόθεν καὶ ἔσωθεν καὶ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνάπαυσιν λέγοντες Ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος Κύριος ὁ Θεός ὁ Παντοκράτωρ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος kai hen kath’ hen autōn ta tessara zōa echōn hex pterygas ana gemousin ophthalmōn kyklothen kai esōthen kai hēmeras kai nyktos ouk echousin anapausin legontes Hagios hagios hagios Kyrios ho Theos ho Pantokratōr ho ēn kai ho ōn kai ho erchomenos — NA/TR · 8
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And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the [One] seated on the throne, who lives vvv vvv forever [and] ever,
Καὶ ὅταν τὰ ζῷα δώσουσιν δόξαν καὶ τιμὴν καὶ εὐχαριστίαν τῷ καθημένῳ ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ τῷ ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων Kai hotan ta zōa dōsousin doxan kai timēn kai eucharistian tō kathēmenō epi tō thronō tō zōnti eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn — NA/TR · 9
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the twenty-four… elders fall down before the [One] seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives vvv vvv forever [and] ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:
οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσβύτεροι πεσοῦνται ἐνώπιον τοῦ καθημένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν τῷ ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων καὶ βαλοῦσιν αὐτῶν τοὺς στεφάνους ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου λέγοντες hoi eikosi tessares presbyteroi pesountai enōpion tou kathēmenou epi tou thronou kai proskynēsousin tō zōnti eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn kai balousin autōn tous stephanous enōpion tou thronou legontes — NA/TR · 10
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“Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.
Ἄξιος εἶ ἡμῶν ὁ Κύριος καὶ ὁ Θεὸς λαβεῖν τὴν δόξαν καὶ τὴν τιμὴν καὶ τὴν δύναμιν ὅτι σὺ ἔκτισας τὰ πάντα καὶ διὰ σου τὸ θέλημά ἦσαν καὶ ἐκτίσθησαν Axios ei hēmōn ho Kyrios kai ho Theos labein tēn doxan kai tēn timēn kai tēn dynamin hoti sy ektisas ta panta kai dia sou to thelēma ēsan kai ektisthēsan — NA/TR · 11