After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will shew thee things which must be hereafter .
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Gill's Exposition
After this I looked,.... After John had seen the vision of Christ, in the midst of the golden candlesticks, with seven stars in his right hand; after he was bid to write what he had seen, and what…
Barnes' Notes
After this - Greek, “After these things”; that is, after what he had seen, and after what he had been directed to record in the preceding chapters. How long after these things this occurred, he does…
Adam Clarke
A door was opened in heaven - This appears to have been a visible aperture in the sky over his head.
We have here an account of a second vision with which the apostle John was favoured: After this, that is, not only "after I had seen the vision of Christ walking in the midst of the golden…
Cambridge Bible
Heaven opened Chap. Rev 4:1-9
1. I looked Better, I beheld, and lo! as Rev 5:6; Rev 5:11 &c.; Dan 7:6; Dan 7:11 &c. The purport of the word is rather that he continuedlooking at what he had seen…
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