Revelation · Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
Revelation 4 Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
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Notes on this text (3)
- The digital source has no accents or capitals (as Robinson distributes it); 1912 base text, movable nu regularised.
- Double square brackets [[ ]] are marks in the digital source; at 1 John 5:7–8 they enclose the words the 1904 edition prints in smaller type.
- Credit: Maurice A. Robinson & Jussi Ala-Konni (byztxt).
1 μετα ταυτα ειδον, και ιδου θυρα ανεωγμενη εν τω ουρανω, και η φωνη η πρωτη ην ηκουσα ως σαλπιγγος λαλουσης μετ εμου, λεγων· αναβα ωδε και δειξω σοι α δει γενεσθαι μετα ταυτα.
1 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 [και] ευθεως εγενομην εν πνευματι· και ιδου θρονος εκειτο εν τω ουρανω, και επι τον θρονον καθημενος,
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
3 ομοιος ορασει λιθω ιασπιδι και σαρδιω· και ιρις κυκλοθεν του θρονου, ομοιως ορασις σμαραγδινων.
3 that looked like a jasper stone and a sardius. There was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald to look at.
4 [και] κυκλοθεν του θρονου θρονοι εικοσι τεσσαρες, και επι τους θρονους τους εικοσι τεσσαρας πρεσβυτερους καθημενους, περιβεβλημενους εν ιματιοις λευκοις, και επι τας κεφαλας αυτων στεφανους χρυσους.
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 και εκ του θρονου εκπορευονται αστραπαι και φωναι και βρονται· και επτα λαμπαδες πυρος καιομεναι ενωπιον του θρονου, αι εισιν τα επτα πνευματα του θεου·
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 και ενωπιον του θρονου ως θαλασσα υαλινη, ομοια κρυσταλλω· και εν μεσω του θρονου και κυκλω του θρονου τεσσαρα ζωα γεμοντα οφθαλμων εμπροσθεν και οπισθεν·
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.
7 και το ζωον το πρωτον ομοιον λεοντι, και το δευτερον ζωον ομοιον μοσχω, και το τριτον ζωον εχον το προσωπον ως ανθρωπου, και το τεταρτον ζωον ομοιον αετω πετομενω.
7 The first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the third creature had a face like a man, and the fourth was like a flying eagle.
8 και τα τεσσαρα ζωα, εν καθ εν αυτων εχον ανα πτερυγας εξ, κυκλοθεν και εσωθεν γεμουσιν οφθαλμων, και αναπαυσιν ουκ εχουσιν ημερας και νυκτος λεγοντες· αγιος, αγιος, αγιος κυριος ο θεος ο παντοκρατωρ, ο ην και ο ων και ο ερχομενος.
8 The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who is to come!”
9 και οταν δωσιν τα ζωα δοξαν και τιμην και ευχαριστιαν τω καθημενω επι του θρονου, τω ζωντι εις τους αιωνας των αιωνων,
9 When the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to him who sits on the throne, to him who lives forever and ever,
10 πεσουνται οι εικοσι τεσσαρες πρεσβυτεροι ενωπιον του καθημενου επι του θρονου, και προσκυνησουσιν τω ζωντι εις τους αιωνας των αιωνων, και βαλουσιν τους στεφανους αυτων ενωπιον του θρονου λεγοντες·
10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
11 αξιος ει, ο κυριος και θεος ημων, λαβειν την δοξαν και την τιμην και την δυναμιν, οτι συ εκτισας τα παντα, και δια το θελημα σου ησαν και εκτισθησαν.
11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, the Holy One, to receive the glory, the honor, and the power, for you created all things, and because of your desire they existed and were created!”
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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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 …