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The mind and soul were absorbed in the vision of things celestial. (See. <a href="/context/2_corinthians/12-1.htm" title="It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.">2Corinthians 12:1-4</a>.)<p>“Words may not tell of that transhuman change;<p>If I were only what Thou didst create,<p>Then newly, Love ! by whom the heaven is ruled,<p>Thou know’st, who by Thy light didst bear me up.” <span class= "ital">—<p>Paradiso,</span> i. 68-73.<p><span class= "bld">And, behold, a throne was set </span><span class= "ital">(i.e.,</span> not that the seer saw the throne being set, but when he saw it was already set) <span class= "bld">in heaven, and one sat on the throne.</span>—Comp. Micaiah’s speech (<a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm" title="And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.">1Kings 22:19</a>). The enthroned One is not named. Have we here a touch of the Jewish reluctance to name Jehovah? or is it that the descriptive phrase, “He that sat on the throne” is Used here, and kept before us in the whole book to remind us that the great world drama moves forward ever under the eyes of the ruling One. (Comp, <a href="/revelation/5-1.htm" title="And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.">Revelation 5:1</a>; <a href="/revelation/5-7.htm" title="And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat on the throne.">Revelation 5:7</a>; <a href="/revelation/6-15.htm" title="And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every slave, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains;">Revelation 6:15</a>; <a href="/revelation/20-11.htm" title="And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.">Revelation 20:11</a>; <a href="/revelation/21-5.htm" title="And he that sat on the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said to me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.">Revelation 21:5</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/benson/revelation/4.htm">Benson Commentary</a></div><span class="bld"><a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a></span>. <span class="ital">Immediately I was in the Spirit </span>— 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, <span class="ital">when he sat in his house among the elders of the people, </span>(<a href="/ezekiel/8-1.htm" title="And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I sat in my house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there on me.">Ezekiel 8:1</a>,) who probably saw nothing but the prophet himself, as one who was in a trance or ecstasy, or whose thoughts were so attentively fixed as to be insensible of what passed around him. We are not therefore to imagine that the person <span class="ital">sitting on the throne, </span>or the <span class="ital">four animals, </span>or <span class="ital">the four and twenty elders, </span>were real beings existing in nature, though they represented, in a figurative manner, things that did really exist. And, though it is possible that aerial scenes might, by divine or angelic power, have been formed, I think it much more probable that all that passed was purely in the imagination of St. John. This will keep us, in our interpretation, clear of a thousand difficulties, not to say absurdities, which would follow from a contrary supposition, namely, that there is in heaven an animal in the form of a lamb, to represent Christ, and that there are such living creatures as here described; and that God himself appears in a human form,” &c.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">Behold, a throne was set in heaven </span>— Representing that of the blessed God; <span class="ital">and one sat on the throne — </span>Of a majestic form and appearance, and arrayed in robes of glory as a king, governor, and judge. Here is described God, the Almighty, the Father of heaven, in his majesty, glory, and dominion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="mhc" id="mhc"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/mhc/revelation/4.htm">Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary</a></div>4:1-8 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 dominion of Jehovah. He saw a glorious One upon the throne, not described by human features, so as to be represented by a likeness or image, but only by his surpassing brightness. These seem emblems of the excellence of the Divine nature, and of God's awful justice. The rainbow is a fit emblem of that covenant of promise which God has made with Christ, as the Head of the church, and with all his people in him. The prevailing colour was a pleasant green, showing the reviving and refreshing nature of the new covenant. Four-and-twenty seats around the throne, were filled with four-and-twenty elders, representing, probably, the whole church of God. Their sitting denotes honour, rest, and satisfaction; their sitting about the throne signifies nearness to God, the sight and enjoyment they have of him. They were clothed in white raiment; the imputed righteousness of the saints and their holiness: they had on their heads crowns of gold, signifying the glory they have with him. Lightnings and voices came from the throne; the awful declarations God makes to his church, of his sovereign will and pleasure. Seven lamps of fire were burning before the throne; the gifts, graces, and operations of the Spirit of God in the churches of Christ, dispensed according to the will and pleasure of Him who sits upon the throne. In the gospel church, the laver for purification is the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, which cleanses from all sin. In this all must be washed, to be admitted into the gracious presence of God on earth, and his glorious presence in heaven. The apostle saw four living creatures, between the throne and the circle of the elders, standing between God and the people. These seem to signify the true ministers of the gospel, because of their place between God and the people. This also is shown by the description given, denoting wisdom, courage, diligence, and discretion, and the affections by which they mount up toward heaven.<a name="bar" id="bar"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/barnes/revelation/4.htm">Barnes' Notes on the Bible</a></div>And immediately I was in the Spirit - See the notes on <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a>. 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 representation of things occurring in heaven.<p>And, behold, a throne was set in heaven - That is, a throne was placed there. The first thing that arrested his attention was a throne. Tiffs was "in heaven" - an expression which proves that the scene of the vision was not the temple in Jerusalem, as some have supposed. There is no allusion to the temple, and no imagery drawn from the temple. Isaiah had his vision <a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1-13</a> in the holy of holies of the temple; Ezekiel E<a href="http://biblehub.com/zechariah/1-1.htm">Zechariah 1:1</a>, by the river Chebar; but John looked directly into heaven, and saw the throne of God, and the encircling worshippers there.<p>And one sat on the throne - It is remarkable that John gives no description of him who sat on the throne, nor does he indicate who he was by name. Neither do Isaiah or Ezekiel attempt to describe the appearance of the Deity, nor are there any intimations of that appearance given from which a picture or an image could be formed. So much do their representations accord with what is demanded by correct taste; and so sedulously have they guarded against any encouragement of idolatry. <a name="jfb" id="jfb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/jfb/revelation/4.htm">Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary</a></div>2. And—omitted in the two oldest manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac.<p>I was, &c.—Greek, "I became in the Spirit" (see on [2686]Re 1:10): I was completely rapt in vision into the heavenly world.<p>was set—not was placed, but was situated, literally, "lay."<p>one sat on the throne—the Eternal Father: the Creator (Re 4:11): also compare Re 4:8 with Re 1:4, where also the Father is designated, "which is, and was, and is to come." When the Son, "the Lamb," is introduced, Re 5:5-9, a new song is sung which distinguishes the Sitter on the throne from the Lamb, "Thou hast redeemed us to God," and Re 5:13, "Unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb." So also in Re 5:7, as in Da 7:13, the Son of man brought before the Ancient of days is distinguished from Him. The Father in essence is invisible, but in Scripture at times is represented as assuming a visible form.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/poole/revelation/4.htm">Matthew Poole's Commentary</a></div> <span class="bld">In the Spirit; </span> in an ecstasy, as Paul, <span class="bld"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm" title="I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.">2 Corinthians 12:2</a></span>, and Peter, <span class="bld"><a href="/acts/10-10.htm" title="And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,">Acts 10:10</a></span>, and Ezekiel, <span class="bld"><a href="/ezekiel/3-12.htm" title="Then the spirit took me up, and I heard behind me a voice of a great rushing, saying, Blessed be the glory of the LORD from his place.">Ezekiel 3:12</a></span>, and himself was both before and after this, <span class="bld"><a href="/revelation/1-10.htm" title="I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,">Revelation 1:10</a> 17:3 21:10</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="bld">A throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne:</span> God is constantly described, in the prophetical visions, as sitting upon a throne, to denote his power and dominion, that he is the King of kings, and Lord of lords. See <span class="bld"><a href="/daniel/7-9.htm" title="I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.">Daniel 7:9</a></span>, &c. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="gil" id="gil"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gill/revelation/4.htm">Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible</a></div>And immediately I was in the Spirit,.... As he had been before, <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm">Revelation 1:10</a>; it seems he had been some little time out of his ecstasy, how long cannot be said, and now, upon this new scene of things, returned to it; upon the opening of the door in heaven, and hearing the former voice, and the things it said, the Spirit of God at once possessed and filled him, in an extraordinary manner; and his soul or spirit was immediately taken from the consideration of all sensible objects, and was fixed and intent upon the things presented to it in the vision, so that it was as if it was out of the body. The Arabic version reads, "then therefore I went in the Spirit"; in obedience to the voice that called him up, in which he was assisted by the Spirit of God, who lifted him up as he did Ezekiel, when he saw what follows: <p>and behold, a throne was set in heaven; not for the final judgment, on which the son of man will sit, when he comes to judge the quick and dead, for he is not the person that fills this but this is a symbol of the power, authority, and dominion now exercised by God, not over the world in general, who has prepared his throne in the heavens, and governs among the nations, according to his sovereign will and pleasure, but which he exercises in his church, signified by "heaven". The allusion is to the temple, and the throne of God in it, <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1</a>. The temple was an emblem of the Gospel church, Jerusalem, or the Gospel church state, and was to be called the throne of the Lord, <a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a>, and now his throne is set there. Here he exercises a jurisdiction and government; he is King and lawgiver in it; he has enacted laws, and he writes them on the hearts of his people, and puts his Spirit within them, and makes them both able and willing to obey them. <p>And one sat on the throne; not the trinity of persons in the Godhead, which some think are signified by the three precious stones in <a href="http://biblehub.com/revelation/4-3.htm">Revelation 4:3</a>, the jasper, sardine, and emerald; for, as distinct from him that sat upon the throne, the Lamb is said to be in the midst of it, and the seven spirits of God are said to be before it: nor is Jesus Christ intended, and his two natures; his divine nature by the jasper, and his human nature by the red and blood coloured sardine; since he, the Lamb, is represented as in the midst of the throne, and is often distinguished from him that sat upon it; see <a href="/revelation/5-6.htm">Revelation 5:6</a>; but God the Father is designed, who sits on the throne, though not to the exclusion of the Son and Spirit, yet in distinction from them. This clause is left out in the Ethiopic version. <a name="gsb" id="gsb"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/gsb/revelation/4.htm">Geneva Study Bible</a></div><span class="cverse2">And <span class="cverse3">{2}</span> immediately I was <span class="cverse3">{a}</span> in the spirit: <span class="cverse3">{3}</span> and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and <i>one</i> sat on the throne.</span><p>(2) The manner of revelation:<p>(a) See Re 1:10.<p>(3) A description of God the Father, and of his glory in the heavens, explained to men by his office, nature, attending company, effect, instruments and events that follow afterwards. In this verse he is presented in office as a judge as Abraham said; Ge 18:25 which is declared by his throne as sign of judgment, and his sitting on it.</div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="comtype">EXEGETICAL (ORIGINAL LANGUAGES)</div><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/meyer/revelation/4.htm">Meyer's NT Commentary</a></div><a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a>. <span class="greekheb">εὐθέως ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύαατι</span>. The asyndeton emphasizes the significance of the <span class="greekheb">εὐθέως</span>. After John has heard the voice, <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm" title="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 here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.">Revelation 4:1</a>, he is immediately—and that too because of the voice[1668]—“in the Spirit,” and thereby made capable of ascending into heaven, and beholding the objects there presented. Although in <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm" title="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 here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.">Revelation 4:1</a>, John is already <span class="greekheb">ἐν πνεύματι</span>, i.e., in such a condition that he beholds the opened door, and can hear the heavenly voice, yet the mode of presentation, <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a>, which, considered in itself alone, can designate the entire recent entrance of the ecstatic condition, has its justification in that an entirely new elevation of prophetic ecstasy belongs thereto, whereby John can ascend in spirit to heaven, and behold what is there shown him. Hence De Wette and Ebrard properly compare with this, <a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm" title="And the Spirit of the LORD fell on me, and said to me, Speak; Thus said the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.">Ezekiel 11:5</a>. Even Hengstenb.[1669] has to acknowledge, that, while <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a> designates “the complete entrance into the state of ecstasy,” yet <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm" title="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 here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.">Revelation 4:1</a> already is to be regarded a “preparation” to this condition.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Züll., incorrectly, just as <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm" title="I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,">Revelation 1:10</a> : “I was <span class="ital">there</span> [in heaven] by ecstasy.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>In rapid succession directly follows the description of that which is presented to the view of the one drawn into heaven: <span class="greekheb">καὶ ἰδοὺ</span>, <span class="greekheb">θρόνος ἔκειτο</span>, <span class="greekheb">κ</span>.<span class="greekheb">τ</span>.<span class="greekheb">λ</span>. To this entire description, there is a parallel in the <span class="ital">Pirke</span>, R. Elieser,[1670] which is very instructive, because it shows how differently, with many similar features, the O. T. types[1671] appear in a N. T. prophet, and the rabbins:[1672] “Four bands of ministering angels praise God. The first is of Michael, on the right; the second, of Gabriel, on the left; the third, of Uriel, before him; the fourth, of Raphael, behind him. But the shekinah of God is in the centre, and he himself is seated on a lofty, elevated throne; and his seat is high, suspended in the air. The splendor of his magnificence is like Chasmal (<a href="/ezekiel/1-4.htm" title="And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire enfolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the middle thereof as the color of amber, out of the middle of the fire.">Ezekiel 1:4</a>). Upon his head is placed a crown, and upon his brow a diadem with Schemhamphorasch. His eyes go through the whole earth; a part of them is fire, but a part hail. On his right is life; on his left, death; and a fiery sceptre is in his hand. Before him is stretched out a veil (<span class="greekheb">פרכת</span>), and seven angels who were created from the beginning minister before him within the veil. But that which is called <span class="greekheb">פרגוד</span>, and the footstool of his feet, are like fire and lightning, and shine beneath the throne of his glory like sapphire and fire. About his throne are righteousness and judgment. The place of his throne is that of the seven clouds surrounding him with glory; and the wheel of his chariot, and the cherub, and the living ones give to him glory. His throne is like sapphire, and at his feet are four living ones, each of whom has four faces, and as many wings. When God speaks from the east, this is done between the two cherubim with the face of a man; when from the south, then between the two cherubim with the face of a lion; when from the west, then between the two cherubim with the face of an ox; when from the north, then between the two cherubim with the face of an eagle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>The living ones also stand beside the throne of glory, yet they know not the place of his glory. The living ones stand also in fear and trembling, in horror and agitation, and from this agitation of their faces, a river of fire flows forth before them. Of the two seraphim, one stands at God’s right hand, another at his left. Each has six wings; with two they cover their face, lest they may see the face of the shekinah; with two they cover their feet, lest the feet may see the shekinah, and immediately be able to find his footstep; but with two they fly, dread and sanctify his great name. One cries out, and another replies, saying, etc.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>And the living ones stand beside his glory, yet they know not the place of his glory, but in every place where his glory is, they cry and say, Blessed be the glory of God in its place.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="greekheb">θρόνος-g0- ἔκειτο-g0-</span>. The expression <span class="greekheb">κεῖσθαι</span> indicates neither an especial <span class="ital">breadth</span> of the throne,[1673] nor that it rests upon the cherubim,[1674] because the word here, as in <a href="/jeremiah/24-1.htm" title="The LORD showed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.">Jeremiah 24:1</a>, LXX.; <a href="/john/2-6.htm" title="And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.">John 2:6</a>; <a href="/john/19-29.htm" title="Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on hyssop, and put it to his mouth.">John 19:29</a>, and in the classics,[1675] expresses the simple idea of “being placed.”[1676]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="greekheb"><span class="bld"><span class="ital">ΚΑῚ ἘΠῚ ΤῸΝ ΘΡΌΝΟΝ ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟς</span></span></span>. The mode of representation itself, according to which the reference here is to “one sitting,” and in <a href="/revelation/4-3.htm" title="And he that sat was to look on like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like to an emerald.">Revelation 4:3</a>,[1677] the one mentioned in <a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a> is described simply as “the sitting one,” shows that John does not mention this sitting one more definitely, because he wishes here to do nothing more than with perfect fidelity to report the vision which he has had.[1678] In <a href="/revelation/1-12.htm" title="And I turned to see the voice that spoke with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;">Revelation 1:12</a> sqq., also, he has not expressly mentioned the manifestation of Christ. Utterly preposterous is the declaration of Heinr.: “The name seems to have been omitted only by carelessness in writing, which is especially conspicuous in this entire chapter.” Just as impertinent is the allusion to the Jewish dread of uttering the name of God.[1679] Suitable in itself to John would be the explanation of Herder: “To name him, the soul has no image, language no word;”[1680] but even this is not here applicable, as John in general, even where he definitely mentions the vision here described, expressly calls God the enthroned one.[1681] These passages show at the same time that the enthroned one is regarded[1682] not as the Triune God,[1683] but as God the Father, in distinction from the Son,[1684] and the Spirit.[1685] So Alcas., Stern, Grot., Wetst., Vitr., Beng., Hengstenb., etc.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1668] C. a Lap., Beng., etc.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1669] Cf. on <a href="/revelation/4-1.htm" title="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 here, and I will show you things which must be hereafter.">Revelation 4:1</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1670] 100:4 in Schöttgen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1671] Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1; <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm" title="I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.">Daniel 7:9</a> sqq.; <a href="/1_kings/22-29.htm" title="So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramothgilead.">1 Kings 22:29</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1672] Cf. also R. Rocholl, <span class="ital">Ueber Merkabah., Zeitschr. f. Luther. Theolog</span>., 1875, p. 393 sqq.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1673] Beng.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1674] Hengstenb. Cf. <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm" title="And before the throne there was a sea of glass like to crystal: and in the middle of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.">Revelation 4:6</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1675] Cf. Meyer on <a href="/john/2-6.htm" title="And there were set there six water pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.">John 2:6</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1676] De Wette, Ebrard.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1677] Cf. <a href="/revelation/4-11.htm" title="You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for you have created all things, and for your pleasure they are and were created.">Revelation 4:11</a>; <a href="/revelation/5-1.htm" title="And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals.">Revelation 5:1</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1678] Cf. Hengstenb.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1679] Eichh., Ew.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1680] Cf. Aret., De Wette, etc.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1681] <a href="/revelation/7-10.htm" title="And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.">Revelation 7:10</a>; <a href="/revelation/7-15.htm" title="Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sits on the throne shall dwell among them.">Revelation 7:15</a>, <a href="/revelation/12-5.htm" title="And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up to God, and to his throne.">Revelation 12:5</a>, <a href="/revelation/19-4.htm" title="And the four and twenty elders and the four beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, saying, Amen; Alleluia.">Revelation 19:4</a>, <a href="/revelation/22-1.htm" title="And he showed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.">Revelation 22:1</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1682] Cf. <a href="/revelation/1-1.htm" title="The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:">Revelation 1:1</a>; <a href="/2_corinthians/13-13.htm" title="All the saints salute you.">2 Corinthians 13:13</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1683] N. de Lyra, C. a Lap., Calov.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1684] “The Lamb,” <a href="/revelation/5-6.htm" title="And I beheld, and, see, in the middle of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the middle of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.">Revelation 5:6</a> sqq.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span>[1685] Cf. <a href="/revelation/4-5.htm" title="And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunder and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.">Revelation 4:5</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/egt/revelation/4.htm">Expositor's Greek Testament</a></div><a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a>. A fresh wave of ecstasy catches up the seer. <span class="greekheb">εὐθέως</span> … <span class="greekheb">πνεύματι</span>, repeating <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm" title="I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,">Revelation 1:10</a>, not because the author had forgotten his previous statement, and still less because a new source begins here (Vischer), but simply because every successive phase of this Spirit-consciousness, every new access of ecstasy, was considered to be the result of a fresh inspiration; so the O.T. prophets (<span class="ital">e.g.</span>, <a href="/ezekiel/11-1.htm" title="Moreover the spirit lifted me up, and brought me to the east gate of the LORD's house, which looks eastward: and behold at the door of the gate five and twenty men; among whom I saw Jaazaniah the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the son of Benaiah, princes of the people.">Ezekiel 11:1</a> <span class="greekheb">καὶ ἀνέλαβέν με πνεῦμα κ</span>.<span class="greekheb">τ</span>.<span class="greekheb">λ</span>., followed by <a href="/ezekiel/11-5.htm" title="And the Spirit of the LORD fell on me, and said to me, Speak; Thus said the LORD; Thus have you said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.">Ezekiel 11:5</a> <span class="greekheb">καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπʼ ἐμὲ πνεῦμα</span>, <a href="/ezekiel/2-2.htm" title="And the spirit entered into me when he spoke to me, and set me on my feet, that I heard him that spoke to me.">Ezekiel 2:2</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/3-24.htm" title="Then the spirit entered into me, and set me on my feet, and spoke with me, and said to me, Go, shut yourself within your house.">Ezekiel 3:24</a>; <span class="ital">cf.</span> Enoch xiv. 9 <span class="greekheb">καὶ ἄνεμοι ἐν τῇ ὁράσει μου</span> … <span class="greekheb">εἰσήνεγκάν με εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν</span> followed by ver 14 <span class="greekheb">ἐθεώρουν ἐν τ</span>. <span class="greekheb">ὁ</span>. <span class="greekheb">μ</span>. <span class="greekheb">καὶ ἰδοὺ κ</span>.<span class="greekheb">τ</span>.<span class="greekheb">λ</span>., lxxi. 1 and 5, etc.). The primitive Christian conception of the Spirit was that of a sudden and repeated transport rather than a continuous experience (<a href="/acts/4-8.htm" title="Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said to them, You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,">Acts 4:8</a>; <a href="/acts/4-31.htm" title="And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.">Acts 4:31</a>, etc.), particularly in the region of ecstasy. The royal presence is depicted in this theophany by means of similes and metaphors (partly rabbinic) which originally were suggested in part by the marvellous atmospheric colouring of an Eastern sky during storm or sunset; several had been for long traditional and fanciful modes of expressing the divine transcendence (<span class="ital">e.g.</span>, En. xiv. 18 f. the divine glory like crystal, etc.) which dominates the Apocalypse. God is a silent, enthroned (<span class="ital">cf.</span> <a href="/1_kings/22-19.htm" title="And he said, Hear you therefore the word of the LORD: I saw the LORD sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him on his right hand and on his left.">1 Kings 22:19</a> etc.), eternal Figure, hidden by the very excess of light, keeping ward and watch over his people, but never directly interfering in their affairs till the judgment, when mankind appears before his throne for doom and recompense. This reluctance to name or describe God, so characteristic of the later Judaism, was allied to the feeling which mediated his action upon the world through angels or through his Christ (see on <a href="/revelation/1-1.htm" title="The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, to show to his servants things which must shortly come to pass; and he sent and signified it by his angel to his servant John:">Revelation 1:1</a> and <a href="/revelation/15-8.htm" title="And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God, and from his power; and no man was able to enter into the temple, till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled.">Revelation 15:8</a>). For the tendency to describe God and heaven in priestly terms, <span class="ital">cf.</span> Gfrörer, i. 276 f. The whole of the present passage is illustrated by <span class="ital">Pirke Elieser</span>, iv.: “majestas sancti benedicti est in medio quattuor classium angelicarum. Ipse insidet throno excelso eleuatus, atque solium eius sublime suspensum est sursum in aere, figura autem gloriae eius est sicut color Chasonal, juxta uerba prophetiae (<a href="/ezekiel/1-27.htm" title="And I saw as the color of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.">Ezekiel 1:27</a>) … atque oculi per totum orbem discurrunt. Sagittae eius sunt ignis et grando; a dextra eius uita est, a sinistramors, sceptrum ignitum in manu eius. Expansum est ante eum uelum, et septem angeli qui prius creati sunt, famulantur ei ante uelum … infra thronum gloriae eius est sicuti lapis sapphiri.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/cambridge/revelation/4.htm">Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges</a></div><span class="bld">2</span>. <span class="ital">I was in the spirit</span>] As <a href="/revelation/1-10.htm" title="I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,">Revelation 1:10</a> q.v. It is implied that he was caught up through the open door into Heaven, and saw what was going on above.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">was set</span>] i.e. was there already—not that he saw it put in its place. There is a description of the Throne of God in the apocryphal Book of Enoch, <a href="/context/revelation/14-17.htm" title="And another angel came out of the temple which is in heaven, he also having a sharp sickle....">Revelation 14:17-20</a>, very like this: probably St John had read it (cf. Judges 15), and his language shews quotations of it, as well as of the canonical passages in Ezekiel 1 and Daniel 7.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="ital">and one sat on the throne</span>] God the Father, not the Trinity: the presence of the other Persons being otherwise indicated, <span class="ital"><a href="/revelation/4-5.htm" title="And out of the throne proceeded lightning and thunder and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.">Revelation 4:5</a></span>, and <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm" title="And before the throne there was a sea of glass like to crystal: and in the middle of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.">Revelation 4:6</a>. It is intimated, though with an intentional vagueness, that the Divine Presence was symbolised by a human Form, as in <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm" title="In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.">Isaiah 6:1</a>; <a href="/isaiah/6-5.htm" title="Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the middle of a people of unclean lips: for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts.">Isaiah 6:5</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/1-26.htm" title="And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and on the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above on it.">Ezekiel 1:26</a> sq.; <a href="/daniel/7-9.htm" title="I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool: his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.">Daniel 7:9</a> : contrast <a href="/deuteronomy/4-12.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only you heard a voice.">Deuteronomy 4:12</a>, but compare <a href="/context/exodus/24-10.htm" title="And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness....">Exodus 24:10-11</a>; <a href="/exodus/33-23.htm" title="And I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back parts: but my face shall not be seen.">Exodus 33:23</a>. Apparently God revealed Himself by such symbols to men whom He had educated to such a point that they should not imagine them to be <span class="ital">more</span> than symbols. Therefore perhaps to attempt to include representations of the Father in the range of Christian art is rather of dangerous boldness than <span class="ital">ipso facto</span> illegitimate: see on this question Ruskin’s <span class="ital">Modern Painters</span>, Part III. Sec. ii. Chap. v. § 7.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/bengel/revelation/4.htm">Bengel's Gnomen</a></div><a href="/revelation/4-2.htm" title="And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.">Revelation 4:2</a>. <span class="greekheb">Ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ</span>, in heaven) Thus the heavenly court is described. Those things which the Apocalypse everywhere touches upon of heavenly subjects, viz. the temple, the throne, the assembly, the altar, the ark of the covenant, may not inappropriately be illustrated from the writings of the ancient Hebrews. See the Dissertation V. of Christian Schoettgenius, appended to the Horæ Hebraicæ, pp. 1212–1223.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="pul" id="pul"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/revelation/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And immediately I was in the Spirit</span>. Omit "and" (see above), so that the passage may be rendered, <span class="accented">After these things, immediately, I was in the Spirit</span>; a new scene was opened out, as before (in ver. 1). St. John was already <span class="accented">in the Spirit</span>; but now receives a fresh outpouring of grace, enabling him to see yet more deeply into the mysteries of the kingdom of God. And, behold, a throne was set in heaven; or, <span class="accented">a throne was situated</span> (<span class="greek">ἔκειτο</span>). There is no action of placing or setting up. Compare the vision of Ezekiel, "In the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne" (<a href="/ezekiel/10-1.htm">Ezekiel 10:1</a>), where the throne appears above the cherubim, in the position of the cloud of glory (cf. also <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1, 2</a>, where the seraphim are above). <span class="cmt_word">And one sat on the throne.</span> Probably the Triune God, to whom the Trisagien in ver. 8 is addressed. Some have thought that the Father is indicated, in contradistinction to the other Persons of the Holy Trinity, and that it is from him that the Son takes the book in <a href="/revelation/5-8.htm">Revelation 5:8</a>. But as Cornelius a Lapide remarks, "The Son as Man may well be said, especially in a sublime vision like this, to come to God." The Person is not named, because <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the Name of God is incommunicable; it is the "new Name" (see on Revelation 3:12); or <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> because the seer describes only what is seen; or <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> it is suppressed from a sense of reverence. Revelation 4:2<a name="vws" id="vws"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/vws/revelation/4.htm">Vincent's Word Studies</a></div>I was in the Spirit (ἐγενόμην ἐν πνεύματι)<p>Strictly, I:became: I found myself in. Appropriate to the sudden and unconscious transportation of the seer into the ecstatic state. Thus Dante describes his unconscious rapture into Paradise:<p>"And suddenly it seemed that day to day<p>Was added, as if He who had the power<p>Had with another sun the heaven adorned."<p>Beatrice, noticing his amazement, says:<p>"Thou makest thyself so dull<p>With false imagining, that thou seest not<p>What thou wouldst see if thou hadst shaken it off.<p>Thou art not upon earth as thou believest;<p>But lightning, fleeing its appropriate site,<p>Ne'er ran as thou, who thitherward returnest."<p>"Paradiso," i., 60-93.<p>A throne<p>continued...<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 Interlinear</a><br /><a href="/texts/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 Parallel Texts</a><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/niv/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="http://bibleapps.com/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 Parallel</a><br /><a href="http://bibliaparalela.com/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="http://holybible.com.cn/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="http://saintebible.com/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="http://bibeltext.com/revelation/4-2.htm">Revelation 4:2 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br /></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td align="center"><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><br /><br /> </div> <div id="left"><a href="../revelation/4-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Revelation 4:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Revelation 4:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../revelation/4-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Revelation 4:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Revelation 4:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>