¶ After¹ this I looked, and, behold, a door² was opened in heaven: and the first³ voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come⁴ up hither, and I⁵ will shew thee things which must be hereafter.

And immediately I was⁶ in the spirit: and, behold, a throne⁷ was set in heaven, and one⁸ sat on the throne.

And he that sat was to look upon like a⁹ jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow¹⁰ round about the throne, in sight like unto¹¹ an emerald.

And round about the throne were four¹² and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty¹³ elders sitting, clothed¹⁴ in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns¹⁵ of gold.

And out of the throne proceeded¹⁶ lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven¹⁷ lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven¹⁸ Spirits of God.

And before the throne there was a sea¹⁹ of glass like unto crystal²⁰: and in the midst²¹ of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts²² full²³ of eyes before and behind.

And the first beast²⁴ was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf²⁵, and the third beast had a face as²⁶ a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying²⁷ eagle.

¶ And the four beasts had each of them six²⁸ wings about him; and they were full²⁹ of eyes within: and they³⁰ rest not³¹ day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty³², which³³ was, and is, and is to come.

And when³⁴ those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who³⁵ liveth for ever and ever,

¶ The four and twenty elders fall³⁶ down before him that sat on the throne, and worship³⁷ him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast³⁸ their crowns before the throne, saying,

Thou art³⁹ worthy, O Lord, to receive⁴⁰ glory and honour and power: for thou⁴¹ hast created all things, and for⁴² thy pleasure they are and were created.