2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne.
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I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
And he said, Hear thou 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.
In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.
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. …
And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone: and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
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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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