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Revelation 4:3 — King James Version← Study notes

And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.


Revelation 4:3Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 4:317 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ho
the OnearticleG3588
καθήμενοςkathēmenos
sittingverbG2521
ὅμοιοςhomoios
likeadjectiveG3664
ὁράσειhorasei
in appearancenounG3706
λίθῳlithō
stonenounG3037
ἰάσπιδιiaspidi
jaspernounG2393
καὶkai
andwordG2532
σαρδίῳsardiō
sardiusnounG4556
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
ἶριςiris
a rainbownounG2463
κυκλόθενkyklothen
was aroundprepositionG2943
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θρόνουthronou
thronenounG2362
ὅμοιοςhomoios
like, + manneradjectiveG3664
ὁράσειhorasei
sight, visionnounG3706
σμαραγδίνῳsmaragdinō
emeraldadjectiveG4664
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 4:3

“And He that sat upon the throne was, to look upon, like a jasper and a sardine stone.” Upon the throne he says that he saw the likeness of a jasper and a sardine stone. The jasper is of the color of water, the sardine of fire. These two are thence manifested to be placed as judgments upon God's tribunal until the consummation of the world, of which judgments one is already completed in the deluge of water, and the other shall be completed by fire. “And there was a rainbow…

Victorinus of Pettau · 3rd century · Commentary on the Apocalypse
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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