Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Revelation 4

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Revelation 4 . 1 , John sees the throne of God in heaven; Revelation 4 . 4 , The four and twenty elders; Revelation 4 . 6 , The four beasts full of eyes before and behind; Revelation 4 . 10 , The elders lay down their crowns , and worship him that sat on the throne.

Revelation 4:1

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.”

Revelation 4:1 · BSB

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Revelation 4:2

At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

Revelation 4:2 · BSB

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Revelation 4:3

The One seated there looked like jasper and carnelian, and a rainbow that gleamed like an emerald encircled the throne.

Revelation 4:3 · BSB

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Revelation 4:4

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.

Revelation 4:4 · BSB

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Revelation 4:5

From the throne came flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven Spirits of God.

Revelation 4:5 · BSB

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Revelation 4:6

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.

Revelation 4:6 · BSB

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Revelation 4:7

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.

Revelation 4:7 · BSB

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Revelation 4:8

And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”

Revelation 4:8 · BSB

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Revelation 4:9

And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the One seated on the throne who lives forever and ever,

Revelation 4:9 · BSB

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Revelation 4:10

the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

Revelation 4:10 · BSB

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Revelation 4:11

“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 came to be.”

Revelation 4:11 · BSB

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web6 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Allusions Revelation 4:2-3 → Ezekiel 1:26-28, Revelation 4:5 → Zechariah 4:2-10, Revelation 4:8 → Isaiah 6:3
Echoes Revelation 4:5 → Isaiah 11:2
Trajectories
Cherubim (Glorified Humanity)
Chiasms
Shaped Revelation 4:9–5:14
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