1 По си́хъ ви́дѣхъ: и҆ сѐ, двє́ри ѿвє́рсты на нб҃сѝ, и҆ гла́съ пе́рвый, є҆го́же слы́шахъ ꙗ҆́кѡ трꙋбꙋ̀ гл҃ющь со мно́ю, гл҃ѧ: взы́ди сѣ́мѡ, и҆ покажꙋ́ ти, є҆мꙋ́же подоба́етъ бы́ти по си́хъ. 2 И҆ а҆́бїе бы́хъ въ дꙋ́сѣ: и҆ сѐ, прⷭ҇то́лъ стоѧ́ше на нб҃сѝ, и҆ на прⷭ҇то́лѣ сѣдѧ́щь: 3 и҆ сѣдѧ́й бѣ̀ подо́бенъ видѣ́нїемъ ка́мени і҆а́спїсꙋ и҆ сарді́нови: и҆ (бѣ̀) дꙋга̀ ѡ҆́крестъ прⷭ҇то́ла подо́бна видѣ́нїемъ смара́гдови. 4 И҆ ѡ҆́крестъ прⷭ҇то́ла прⷭ҇то́ли два́десѧть и҆ четы́ри: и҆ на прⷭ҇то́лѣхъ ви́дѣхъ два́десѧть и҆ четы́ри ста́рцы сѣдѧ́щыѧ, ѡ҆блечє́ны въ бѣ̑лыѧ ри̑зы, и҆ и҆мѧ́хꙋ вѣнцы̀ зла̑ты на глава́хъ свои́хъ. 5 И҆ ѿ прⷭ҇то́ла и҆схожда́хꙋ мѡ́лнїѧ и҆ гро́ми и҆ гла́си: и҆ се́дмь свѣ́щникѡвъ ѻ҆́гненныхъ горѧ́щихъ пред̾ прⷭ҇то́ломъ, и҆̀же сꙋ́ть се́дмь дꙋхѡ́въ бж҃їихъ: 6 и҆ пред̾ прⷭ҇то́ломъ мо́ре стклѧ́но, подо́бно крѷста́ллꙋ: и҆ посредѣ̀ прⷭ҇то́ла и҆ ѡ҆́крестъ прⷭ҇то́ла четы́ри живѡ́тна и҆спо́лнєна ѻ҆че́съ спредѝ и҆ созадѝ. 7 И҆ живо́тно пе́рвое подо́бно львꙋ̀, и҆ второ́е живо́тно подо́бно тельцꙋ̀, и҆ тре́тїе живо́тно и҆мꙋ́щее лицѐ ꙗ҆́кѡ человѣ́къ, и҆ четве́ртое живо́тно подо́бно ѻ҆рлꙋ̀ летѧ́щꙋ. 8 И҆ живѡ́тна четы́ри, є҆ди́но ко́еждо и҆́хъ и҆мѣ́ѧхꙋ по ше́сть кри́лъ ѡ҆́крестъ, и҆ внꙋтрьꙋ́дꙋ и҆спо́лнєна ѻ҆че́съ: и҆ поко́ѧ не и҆́мꙋтъ де́нь и҆ но́щь, глаго́люще: ст҃ъ, ст҃ъ, ст҃ъ гдⷭ҇ь бг҃ъ вседержи́тель, и҆́же бѣ̀ и҆ сы́й и҆ грѧды́й. 9 И҆ є҆гда̀ да́ша живѡ́тнаѧ сла́вꙋ и҆ чтⷭ҇ь и҆ бл҃годаре́нїе сѣдѧ́щемꙋ на прⷭ҇то́лѣ, живꙋ́щемꙋ во вѣ́ки вѣкѡ́въ, 10 падо́ша два́десѧть и҆ четы́ри ста́рцы пред̾ сѣдѧ́щимъ на прⷭ҇то́лѣ, и҆ поклони́шасѧ живꙋ́щемꙋ во вѣ́ки вѣкѡ́въ, и҆ положи́ша вѣнцы̀ своѧ̑ пред̾ прⷭ҇то́ломъ, глаго́люще: 11 досто́инъ є҆сѝ, гдⷭ҇и, прїѧ́ти сла́вꙋ и҆ чтⷭ҇ь и҆ си́лꙋ, ꙗ҆́кѡ ты̀ є҆сѝ созда́лъ всѧ́чєскаѧ, и҆ во́лею твое́ю сꙋ́ть, и҆ сотворє́на.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (11)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Revelation 11:12; Exodus 24:12; Revelation 1:19; Revelation 1:10; Mark 1:10
- 2 Revelation 1:10; 1 Kings 22:19; Isaiah 6:1; Ezekiel 3:12–14; Ezekiel 1:26
- 3 Ezekiel 1:28; Revelation 21:11; Genesis 9:13–16; Revelation 10:1; Ezekiel 28:13
- 4 Matthew 19:28; Revelation 11:16; Revelation 4:10; Revelation 7:11; Revelation 20:4
- 5 Revelation 11:19; Revelation 8:5; Revelation 1:4; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 16:17–18
- 6 Revelation 15:2; Revelation 5:6; Revelation 4:8–9; Revelation 14:3; Ezekiel 10:12
- 7 Ezekiel 10:14; Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:21; Ezekiel 1:8; Revelation 4:6
- 8 Isaiah 6:2–13; Revelation 1:8; Hebrews 13:8; Revelation 4:6; Exodus 15:11
- 9 Revelation 5:13–14; Revelation 7:11–12; Revelation 10:6; Revelation 15:7; Psalm 47:8
- 10 Revelation 5:8; Psalm 95:6; Revelation 19:4; Revelation 11:16; 1 Chronicles 29:11–16
- 11 Colossians 1:16–17; Revelation 5:12; Isaiah 40:28; Proverbs 16:4; John 1:1–3
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
For, [as the Scripture] says, "The first living creature was like a lion," symbolizing His effectual working, His leadership, and royal power; the second [living creature] was like a calf, signifying [His] sacrificial and sacerdotal order; but "the third had, as it were, the face as of a man,"--an evident description of His advent as a human being; "the fourth …