啟示錄 4:2-3 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:2-11

Man's higher sphere of being: (2) Spiritually entered. "And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne," etc. We need not suppose that the supermundane world appeared to John's bodily eye in the forms in which it is here presented. It was a mental vision and nothing more, and a mental vision is often more real, more significant, more impressive, than a material. Commentators of this book have treated these objects as those which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:3

And he that sat was to look upon like , etc.; or, he that sat like in appearance ( δράσει ). The word ὅρασις is found in this verse and in two other places only in the New Testament, viz. in Acts 2:17 (where it is part of a quotation from Joel) and in Revelation 9:17 . In the latter place the expression is ἐν τῇ ὁράσει , and the presence of the preposition, together with the article, seems to justify the rendering "in the vision." In the Septuagint ὅρασις is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 4:2

And 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 were in fact a real symbolical... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 4:3

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 jasper, properly, is “an opaque, impure variety of quartz, of red, yellow, and also of some dull colors, breaking with a smooth surface. It admits of a high polish, and is used for vases, seals, snuff-boxes, etc. When the colors are in stripes or bands, it is called striped jasper” (Dana, in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 4:2

Revelation 4:2. Immediately I was in the Spirit Even in a higher degree than before. “This phrase,” says Doddridge, “signifies to be under a strong and supernatural impulse, caused by the miraculous operation of the Spirit of God acting on the imagination, in such a manner as to open extraordinary scenes, which had not any exact external archetype. And it is much illustrated by the view presented to Ezekiel, when he sat in his house among the elders of the people, (Ezekiel 8:1,) who... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Revelation 4:3

Revelation 4:3. 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 the foundations of the New Jerusalem, Revelation 21:19-20. If there be any thing emblematical in the colours of these stones, possibly the jasper (one species, at least, of which, according to Pliny, is milky white, and according to Daubuz, of a white and bright shining... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

4:1-5:14 A VISION OF HEAVENVision of the throne (4:1-11)Jesus has shown John the present state of the churches as he sees them. He now shows him, again from the divine viewpoint, certain things that are going to happen as God works out his purposes in the world. By means of a vision of heaven, John begins to have some understanding of how God sees the world’s affairs. He is given a glimpse of the place where God, the possessor of absolute authority, reigns majestically in indescribable glory... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 4:2

was = became, came to be. See Revelation 1:9 , Revelation 1:10 . in the Spirit. i.e. in or by the power of the Spirit, as Revelation 1:10 . Spirit. App-101 . sat = sitting. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Revelation 4:3

look upon. Compare App-133 . jasper = jasper stone. According to Pliny, this stone was translucent. sardine stone = sardius stone. A precious stone from Sardis, red in color. rainbow. Greek. iris. Only here and Revelation 10:1 . In Genesis 9:13 ; Ezekiel 1:28 , &c, the Septuagint uses toxon, bow, for the Hebrew kesheth. insight. Same words as "to look upon", above. unto = to. emerald. Only here. A kindred word in Revelation 21:19 , and in Exodus 28:18 with Exodus 39:8 (Septuagint) read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Revelation 4:2

Straightway I was in the Spirit: and behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting upon the throne;Straightway I was in the Spirit ... This seems to be out of place in the eyes of some, since John was already "in the Spirit" when he heard the voice out of heaven; but there were definite reasons for the statement here. The words "come up hither" in Revelation 4:1 have often been interpreted as a reference to "the rapture," in which all of the redeemed of earth (at the time) are... read more