Apocalipsis · Unlocked Literal Bible
Apocalipsis 4 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 After these things I looked, and I saw an open door in heaven. The first voice that I had heard was speaking to me like a trumpet, saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”
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 At once I was in the Spirit, and I saw there was a throne placed in heaven, with someone sitting on it.
2 Immediately I was in the Spirit. Behold, there was a throne set in heaven, and one sitting on the throne
3 The one who was sitting on it looked like jasper and carnelian. There was a rainbow around the throne. The rainbow looked like an emerald.
3 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, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, dressed with white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.
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 From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and crashes of thunder. Seven lamps were burning in front of the throne, lamps that were the seven spirits of God.
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 a sea of glass, like crystal. In the middle of the throne and around the throne were four living creatures, full of eyes, front and back.
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 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature was like a calf, the third living creature had a face like a man, and the fourth living creature was like a flying eagle.
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 The four living creatures each had six wings, full of eyes on top and underneath. Night and day they do not stop saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty who was, and who is, and who is to come.”
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 Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, the one who lives forever and ever,
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 the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne, saying,
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 “Worthy are you, our Lord and our God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
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!”
Referencias cruzadas (11)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Apocalipsis 11:12; Éxodo 24:12; Apocalipsis 1:19; Apocalipsis 1:10; Marcos 1:10
- 2 Apocalipsis 1:10; 1 Reyes 22:19; Isaías 6:1; Ezequiel 3:12–14; Ezequiel 1:26
- 3 Ezequiel 1:28; Apocalipsis 21:11; Génesis 9:13–16; Apocalipsis 10:1; Ezequiel 28:13
- 4 Mateo 19:28; Apocalipsis 11:16; Apocalipsis 4:10; Apocalipsis 7:11; Apocalipsis 20:4
- 5 Apocalipsis 11:19; Apocalipsis 8:5; Apocalipsis 1:4; Apocalipsis 5:6; Apocalipsis 16:17–18
- 6 Apocalipsis 15:2; Apocalipsis 5:6; Apocalipsis 4:8–9; Apocalipsis 14:3; Ezequiel 10:12
- 7 Ezequiel 10:14; Ezequiel 1:10; Ezequiel 10:21; Ezequiel 1:8; Apocalipsis 4:6
- 8 Isaías 6:2–13; Apocalipsis 1:8; Hebreos 13:8; Apocalipsis 4:6; Éxodo 15:11
- 9 Apocalipsis 5:13–14; Apocalipsis 7:11–12; Apocalipsis 10:6; Apocalipsis 15:7; Salmo 47:8
- 10 Apocalipsis 5:8; Salmo 95:6; Apocalipsis 19:4; Apocalipsis 11:16; 1 Crónicas 29:11–16
- 11 Colosenses 1:16–17; Apocalipsis 5:12; Isaías 40:28; Proverbios 16:4; Juan 1:1–3
Referencias cruzadas: OpenBible.info (CC BY), tomadas sobre todo del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (dominio público). · Fuentes y licencias
Lo que dijeron los Padres
Pasajes de los Padres de la Iglesia que comentan o citan este capítulo, tal como aparecen en la edición de Schaff (traducciones inglesas del siglo XIX, de dominio público). Los textos están en inglés.
Cómo se eligieron
«Comentario» es el comienzo de una homilía o exposición sobre este capítulo (homilías de san Juan Crisóstomo; tratados, sermones y comentarios a los Salmos de san Agustín). «Cita» es una frase en la que las notas de la propia edición identifican la cita de un versículo de este capítulo; solo se conserva si el texto coincide con el versículo. Solo se usan obras de autoría segura. Los Salmos siguen la numeración hebrea (Agustín usa la de los Setenta: su Salmo 50 es aquí el 51).
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 …