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Revelation 4:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.


Revelation 4:4Greek Interlinear

Greek · Revelation 4:426 words
GreekMeaning
καὶkai
AndwordG2532
κυκλόθενkyklothen
aroundprepositionG2943
τοῦtou
thearticleG3588
θρόνουthronou
thronenounG2362
θρόνοιthronoi
were twentynounG2362
εἴκοσιeikosi
fouradjectiveG1501
τέσσαρεςtessares
andadjectiveG5064
καὶkai
onwordG2532
ἐπὶepi
theprepositionG1909
τοὺςtous
thronesarticleG3588
θρόνουςthronous
I sawnounG2362
εἴκοσιeikosi
twentyadjectiveG1501
τέσσαραςtessaras
fouradjectiveG5064
πρεσβυτέρουςpresbyterous
eldersadjectiveG4245
καθημένουςkathēmenous
sittingverbG2521
περιβεβλημένουςperibeblēmenous
having clothed themselvesverbG4016
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἱματίοιςhimatiois
garmentsnounG2440
λευκοῖςleukois
whiteadjectiveG3022
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἐπὶepi
onprepositionG1909
τὰςtas
thearticleG3588
κεφαλὰςkephalas
headsnounG2776
αὐτῶνautōn
of thempronounG846
στεφάνουςstephanous
crownsnounG4735
χρυσοῦςchrysous
goldenadjectiveG5552
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Revelation 4:4

“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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