Revelation of John 4

1 John sees the throne of God in heaven.

4 The four and twenty elders.

6 The four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

10 The elders lay down their crowns, and worship him that sat on the throne.

After.

1:1-3:22

a door.

Ex 1:1; Mt 3:16; Mr 1:10; Lu 3:21; Ac 7:56; 10:11

the first.

1:10; 16:17

Come.

11:12; Ex 19:24; 24:12; 34:2,3

and I.

1:19; 22:6; Joh 16:13

I was.

1:10; 17:3; 21:10; Eze 3:12-14

a throne.

5; 20:11; Isa 6:1; Jer 17:12; Eze 1:26,28; 10:1

and one.

9; 3:21; 5:1,6,7,13; 6:16; 7:9-17; 12:5; 19:4; 21:5; 22:1-3; Isa 6:1

Da 7:9; Heb 8:1

like a.

21:11,19,20; Ex 24:10; Eze 1:26; 28:13

a rainbow.

10:1; Ge 9:13-16; Isa 54:9,10; Eze 1:28

like unto.

21:19; Ex 28:18; 39:11; Eze 28:13

were four.

11:16; 20:4; Mt 19:28; Lu 22:30

four and twenty.

10; 5:8,14; 7:11; 19:4

clothed.

3:4,5; 6:11; 7:9,13,14; 19:14

crowns.

2:10; 9:7; Es 8:15; Ps 21:3; 2Ti 4:8

proceeded.

8:5; 11:19; 16:17,18; Ex 19:16; 20:18; Ps 18:13,14; 68:35; Joe 3:16

Heb 12:18-29

seven.

Ge 15:7; Ex 37:23; 2Ch 4:20; Eze 1:13; Zec 4:2,11-14

the seven.

1:4; 3:1; 5:6; Mt 3:11; Ac 2:3; 1Co 12:4-11

a sea.

15:2; Ex 38:8; 1Ki 7:23

crystal.

21:11; 22:1; Job 28:17; Eze 1:22

the midst.

5:6; 7:17; Eze 1:4,5

four beasts.

8,9; 5:6,14; 6:1; 7:11; 14:3; 15:7; 19:4; Eze 1:5-28; 10:14

full.

8; Eze 1:18; 10:12

the first beast.

6; Ge 49:9; Nu 2:2-34; 23:24; 24:9; Pr 28:2; Eze 1:10; 10:14,21

like a calf.

Eze 1:10; 1Co 9:9,10

as.

1Co 14:20

a flying.

De 28:49; 2Sa 1:23; Isa 40:31; Eze 1:8,10; 10:14; Da 7:4; Ob 1:4

six.

Isa 6:2-13; Eze 1:6; 10:21,22; 2Ti 4:2

full.

6; 1Ti 4:16

and they.

7:15; Isa 62:1,6,7; Ac 20:31; 1Th 2:9; 2Th 3:8,9

rest not. Gr. have no rest. Holy.

3:7; Ex 15:11; Isa 6:3

Lord God Almighty.

1:8; 11:17; 15:3; 16:7,14; 19:15; 21:22; Ge 17:1; Ps 91:1; Isa 13:6

Joe 1:15; 2Co 6:18

which.

4; Heb 13:8

when.

5:13,14; 7:11,12

who.

1:18; 5:14; 10:6; 15:7; Ex 15:18; Ps 48:14; Heb 7:8,25

fall.

5:8,14; 19:4; Job 1:20; Ps 72:11; Mt 2:11

worship.

9; 7:11; 15:4; 22:8,9; 1Ch 29:20; 2Ch 7:3; Ps 95:6; Mt 4:9,10

Lu 24:52

cast.

4; 1Ch 29:11-16; Ps 115:1; 1Co 15:10

art.

5:2,9,12; 2Sa 22:4; Ps 18:3

to receive.

14:7; De 32:4; 1Ch 16:28,29; Ne 9:5; Job 36:3; Ps 29:1,2; 68:34

Ps 96:7,8

for thou.

10:6; Ge 1:1; Ex 20:11; Isa 40:26,28; Jer 10:11; 32:17; Joh 1:1-3

Ac 17:24; Eph 3:9; Col 1:16,17; Heb 1:2,10

and for.

Pr 16:4; Ro 11:36

Revelation of John 5

1 The book sealed with seven seals,

9 which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open.

12 Therefore the elders praise him, and confess that he redeemed them with his blood.

that sat.

4:3

a book.

10:2,8-11; Isa 34:16; Eze 2:9,10

sealed.

6:1; Isa 8:16; 29:11; Da 8:26; 12:4-9

a strong.

Ps 103:20

Who.

5:5; Isa 29:11,12; 41:22,23

13; Isa 40:13,14; 41:28; Ro 11:34

because.

4:1; Da 12:8,9

one.

4:4,10; 7:13

Weep.

Jer 31:16; Lu 7:13; 8:52; 23:28; Joh 20:13

the Lion.

Ge 49:9,10; Nu 24:9; Heb 7:14

the Root.

22:16; Isa 11:1,10; Jer 23:5,6; Ro 1:3; 15:12

hath.

1:1; 6:1

in the midst of the throne.

4:4-6

a Lamb.An emblematical representation of our Saviour's high priesthood.

9,12; 6:16; 7:9-17; 12:11; 13:8; 17:14; 21:23; 22:1,3; Isa 53:7,8

Joh 1:29,36; Ac 8:32; 1Pe 1:19,20

seven horns.As a horn is the emblem of power, and seven the number of perfection, the seven horns may denote the almighty power of Jesus Christ.

1Sa 2:10; Da 7:14; Mic 4:13; Hab 3:4; Lu 1:69; Php 2:9-11

seven eyes.His infinite knowledge and wisdom; and especially "the treasures of wisdom" laid up in him, to be communicated to the Church by "the seven spirits of God", i.e., the Holy Spirit.

2Ch 16:9; Zec 3:9; 4:10

the seven spirits.

4:5

out.

1; 4:2,3

the four.

14; 4:4,8,10; 7:10-12; 19:4; Joh 5:23; Ro 14:10-12; Php 2:9-11

Heb 1:6

having.

14:2,3; 15:2; Ps 33:2; 43:4; 81:2; 150:3

golden.

15:7

odours. or incense. the prayers.

8:3,4; Ps 141:2

sung.

7:10-12; 14:3; Ps 33:3; 40:3; 96:1; 98:1; 144:9; 149:1; Isa 42:10

Thou art.

2,3; 4:11

for.

6,12; 13:8

and hast.

14:4,6; Mt 20:28; 26:28; Ac 20:28; Ro 3:24-26; 1Co 6:20; 7:23

Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; Tit 2:14; Heb 11:14; 1Pe 1:18,19; 2Pe 2:1

1Jo 1:7; 2:2

out.

7:9; 11:9; 14:6; Da 4:1; 6:25; Mr 16:15,16; Col 1:23

kings.

1:6; 20:6; 22:5; Ex 19:6; 1Pe 2:5-9

we.

20:6; Da 7:18,27

many.

7:11; 1Ki 22:19; 2Ki 6:16-18; Ps 103:20; 148:2

the throne.

4:4,6,9,10

was.

19:6; De 33:2; Ps 68:17; Da 7:10; Heb 12:22

Worthy.

9; Zec 13:7

to receive.

4:11; 7:12; 19:1; Mt 28:18; Joh 3:35,36; 17:2; 2Co 8:9; Php 2:9-11

1Ti 1:17

every.

3; 7:9,10; Ps 96:11-13; 148:2-13; Lu 2:14; Php 2:10; Col 1:23

such.

Isa 24:14; 42:10

blessing.

12; 1:6; 1Ch 29:11; Ps 72:18,19; Mt 6:13; Ro 9:5; 11:36; 16:27

Eph 3:21; 1Ti 4:16; 1Pe 4:11; 5:11; Jude 1:25

him.

4:2,3

and unto.

6,9; 6:16; 7:10

the four.

19:4

And the four and.

4:9-11

Revelation of John 6

1 The opening of the seals in order, and what followed thereupon, containing a prophecy to the end of the world.

when.

5:5-7

the noise.

4:5; 10:3,4; 11:19

one.

3,5,7; 4:6,7; Ac 4:20

a white.This seems to be a representation of the person and dignity of Christ, and the mild and beneficent triumphs of his Gospel over all the powers of paganism.

19:11,14; Zec 1:8; 6:3-8

and he that.

Ps 45:3-5; 76:7

and a.

14:14; 19:12; Zec 6:11-13; Mt 28:18

and he went.

11:15,18; 15:2; 17:14; Ps 98:1; 110:2; Isa 25:8; Ro 15:18,19

1Co 15:25,55-57; 2Co 10:3-5

1; 4:7

horse.

12:3; 17:3,6; Zec 1:8; 6:2

power.

13:10; Ex 9:16,17; Isa 37:26,27; Eze 29:18-20; Da 2:37,38; 5:19

Joh 19:11

and there.

Ps 17:13; Isa 10:5,6; Eze 30:24,25

he had.

1; 4:6,7; 5:5,9

a black.

Zec 6:2,6

had.

Le 26:26; La 5:10; Eze 4:10,16

A measure."The word choenix signifieth a measure containing one wine-quart and the twelfth part of a quart."

and see.

9:4; Ps 76:10

1,3,5; 4:7

pale.

Zec 6:3

was Death.

20:13,14; Isa 25:8; Ho 13:14; Hab 2:5; 1Co 15:55; *marg:

unto them. or, to him. over.

8:7-12; 9:15,18; 12:4

kill.

Le 26:22-33; Jer 15:2,3; 16:4,16; 43:11; Eze 5:15-17; 14:13-21

I saw.

8:3; 9:13; 14:18; Le 4:7; Joh 16:2; *Gr:

Php 2:17; 2Ti 4:6

the souls.

20:4; 2Co 5:8; Php 1:23

slain.

1:9; 2:13; 11:3-7; 12:11-17; 19:10; 2Ti 1:8

they cried.

Ge 4:10; Ps 9:12; Lu 18:7,8; Heb 12:24

How.

Ps 13:1; 35:17; 74:9,10; 94:3,4; Da 8:13; 12:6; Zec 1:12

holy.

3:7; 15:3,4

dost.

11:18; 16:5-7; 18:20,24; 19:2; De 32:36-43; Jud 16:28; 1Sa 24:12

Ps 58:10,11; Isa 61:2; 63:1-6; Lu 21:22; Ro 12:19; 2Th 1:6-8

avenge.This seal seems a prediction of the terrible persecution of the church under Dioclesian and Maximian, from A.D. 270 to 304, which lasted longer, and was far more bloody, than any or all by which it was preceded, whence it was called "the æra of the martyrs."

white.

3:4,5; 7:9,14

that they.

14:13; Isa 26:20,21; Da 12:13

until.

7:14; 13:15; 17:6; Mt 10:21; 23:34,35; Joh 16:2; Heb 11:40

there.

8:5; 11:13; 16:18; 1Ki 19:11-13; Isa 29:6; Am 1:1; Zec 14:5; Mt 24:7

Mt 27:54; 28:2

the sun.

Isa 13:9,10; 24:23; 60:19,20; Eze 32:7,8; Joe 2:10,30,31; 3:15

Am 8:9; Hag 2:6,7,21,22; Mt 24:29; 27:45; Mr 13:24,25; 15:33

Lu 23:44,45; Ac 2:19,20

the stars.

8:10-12; 9:1; Eze 32:7; Da 8:10; Lu 21:25

untimely figs. or green figs. of a.

Isa 7:2; 33:9; Da 4:14; Na 3:12

the heaven.

Ps 102:26; Isa 34:4; Heb 1:11-13; 2Pe 3:10

and every.

16:20; Isa 2:14-17; Jer 3:23; 4:23-26; 51:25; Hab 3:6,10

the kings.

18:9-11; 19:13-21; Job 34:19,20; Ps 2:10-12; 49:1,2; 76:12; 110:5,6

Isa 24:21,22

hid.

Jos 10:16,17; Jud 6:2; 1Sa 13:6; Isa 2:10,19; 42:22; Mic 7:17

Heb 11:38

Fall.

10:6; Jer 8:3; Ho 10:8; Lu 23:30

the face.

4:2,5,9; 20:11

and from.

10; 19:15; Ps 2:9-12; 14:5; 21:8-12; 110:5,6; Zec 1:14,15; Mt 26:64

2Th 1:7-9

the great.

11:18; 16:14; Isa 13:6-22; Jer 30:7; Joe 2:31; Zep 1:14-18; Ro 2:5

Jude 1:6

who.

Ps 76:7; 130:3,4; Joe 2:11; Mal 3:2