Revelation 4:1 “After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the vo…”

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

World English Bible

After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven; and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”

American Standard Version

After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one saying, Come up hither, and I will show thee the things which must come to pass hereafter.

Geneva Bible 1599

After this I looked, and beholde, a doore was open in heauen, and the first voyce which I heard, was as it were of a trumpet talking with mee, saying, Come vp hither, and I will shewe thee things which must be done hereafter.

Darby Translation

After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice which I heard as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, Come up here, and I will shew thee the things which must take place after these things.

Young's Literal Translation

After these things I saw, and lo, a door opened in the heaven, and the first voice that I heard [is] as of a trumpet speaking with me, saying, 'Come up hither, and I will shew thee what it behoveth to come to pass after these things;'

Bible in Basic English

After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.

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Cross references

“After”

Revelation 1:1–3

Revelation 1:1–3 · BSB

This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

“a door”

Mark 1:10 Acts 7:56 Luke 3:21 Matthew 3:16 Acts 10:11 Exodus 1:1

Mark 1:10 · BSB

As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

Acts 7:56 · BSB

“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

Luke 3:21 · BSB

When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,

Matthew 3:16 · BSB

As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.

Acts 10:11 · BSB

He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Exodus 1:1 · BSB

These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:

“the first”

Revelation 1:10 Revelation 16:17

Revelation 1:10 · BSB

On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

Revelation 16:17 · BSB

Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl into the air, and a loud voice came from the throne in the temple, saying, “It is done!”

“Come”

Revelation 11:12 Exodus 24:12 Exodus 19:24 Exodus 34:2 Exodus 34:3

Revelation 11:12 · BSB

And the witnesses heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Come up here.” And they went up to heaven in a cloud as their enemies watched them.

Exodus 24:12 · BSB

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”

Exodus 19:24 · BSB

And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

Exodus 34:2 · BSB

Be ready in the morning, and come up on Mount Sinai to present yourself before Me on the mountaintop.

Exodus 34:3 · BSB

No one may go up with you; in fact, no one may be seen anywhere on the mountain—not even the flocks or herds may graze in front of the mountain.”

“and I”

Revelation 1:19 Revelation 22:6 John 16:13

Revelation 1:19 · BSB

Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

Revelation 22:6 · BSB

Then the angel said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent His angel to show His servants what must soon take place.”

John 16:13 · BSB

However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw a throne standing in heaven, with someone seated on it.

Read Revelation 4