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New American Standard Bible
Revelation 4
Scene in Heaven
1 After (C1)these things I looked, and behold, (C2)a door standing open in heaven, and the first voice which I had heard, (C3)like the sound of a trumpet speaking with me, said, "(C4)Come up here, and I will (C5)show you what must take place after these things."2 Immediately I was (C1)in the (F1)Spirit; and behold, (C2)a throne was standing in heaven, and (C3)someone was sitting on the throne.3 And He who was sitting was like a (C1)jasper stone and a (C2)sardius in appearance; and there was a (F1)(C3)rainbow around the throne, like an (C4)emerald in appearance.4 (C1)Around the throne were (C2)twenty-four thrones; and upon the thrones I saw (C3)twenty-four elders (C4)sitting, clothed in (C5)white garments, and (C6)golden crowns on their heads.
The Throne and Worship of the Creator
5 Out from the throne (*)came (C1)flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder. And there were (C2)seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are (F1)(C3)the seven spirits of God;6 and before the throne there was something like a (C1)sea of glass, like crystal; and in the (F1)center and (C2)around the throne, (C3)four living creatures (C4)full of eyes in front and behind.7 (C1)The first living creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like that of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle.8 And the (C1)four living creatures, each one of them having (C2)six wings, are (C3)full of eyes around and within; and (C4)day and night (F1)they do not cease to say,New American Standard Bible
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