1 After this I looked, and behold, a door was standing open in heaven! And the voice I had previously heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show yoʋ what must take place after this.” 2 Immediately I was in the Spirit, and behold, there was a throne in heaven, with one sitting on the *throne, like 𝔐A,C,K 79.2% ¦ throne. He who was sitting on it was like CT 15.1% • TR 2.7%throne, 3 like jasper and carnelian in appearance. And around the throne was a rainbow that looked like an emerald. 4 Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and †sitting on the thrones were the twenty-four elders 𝔐K [51.8%] ¦ sitting on the thrones were twenty-four elders 𝔐A ECM† NA SBL TH WH [26.6%] ¦ I saw the twenty-four elders sitting on the thrones 𝔐C ECM† PCK TR [14.7%]sitting on the thrones were the twenty-four elders. They were clothed in white garments and had golden crowns on their heads. 5 From the throne came flashes of lightning, ‡rumblings, and peals of thunder 𝔐A,C,K [89.9%] ¦ peals of thunder, and rumblings TR [9.2%]rumblings, and peals of thunder, and there were seven flaming torches burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. 6 Also before the throne was §something like 𝔐A+,C,K [86.2%] ¦ — 𝔐A− TR [13.8%]something like a sea of glass that looked like crystal.

Around the throne on each side were four living creatures, full of eyes in front and in back. 7 The first living creature was like a lion, the second living creature was like a calf, the third living creature had *the face of 𝔐K 44.9% ¦ a face like 𝔐A,C ECM† PCK TR 38.3% ¦ a face like that of ANT ECM† NA SBL TH WH 1.6%the face of a man, and the †fourth 𝔐K 43.1% ¦ fourth living creature 𝔐A,C ANT CT PCK RP TR 54.1%fourth was like an eagle in flight. 8 Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying,