1After 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 hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.
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And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them.
Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We have here an account of a second vision with which the apostle John was favoured: After this , that is, not only “after I had seen the vision of Christ walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks,” but “after I had taken his messages from his mouth, and written and sent them to the several churches, according to his command, after this I had another vision.” Those who well improve the disco…
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