that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Revelation 4:3 in context
Revelation 4:1–6
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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.”
2
Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
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that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
4
Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
5
Out of the throne proceed lightnings, sounds, and thunders. There were seven lamps of fire burning before his throne, which are the seven Spirits of God.
6
Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
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