Zjavenie apoštola Jána

Biblia - Sväté písmo

(KJV - Anglický - King James)

Zjv 4, 1-11

1 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. 2 And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 3 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. 4 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. 5 And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God. 6 And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind. 7 And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come. 9 And when those beasts give glory and honour and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever, 10 The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying, 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Verš 8

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come.

Iz 6:3 - And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.

Zjv 1:4 - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne;

Zjv 1:8 - I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.

Zjv 11:17 - Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.

Zjv 16:5 - And I heard the angel of the waters say, Thou art righteous, O Lord, which art, and wast, and shalt be, because thou hast judged thus.

Verš 11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.

Zjv 5:12 - Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

Verš 6

And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.

Zjv 15:2 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

Zjv 4,1 - Kristov hlas (pozri aj 1, 10) uvádza udalosti Božieho kráľovstva, ktoré majú svoj počiatok i zavŕšenie v nebi, rozvíjajú sa však na zemi v ustavičnom zápase medzi dobrom a zlom.

Zjv 4,2 - Na tróne sedel Boh. Sedenie na tróne symbolizuje stvoriteľskú moc. Porov. Iz 6, 1 n.; Ez 1, 26; Dan 7, 9.

Zjv 4,3 - Dúha je symbolom Božieho milosrdenstva (porov. Gn 9, 12–17).

Zjv 4,4 - Starci sa zúčastňujú na riadení sveta (tróny) s kráľovskou mocou (zlaté vence) a vykonávajú kňazské funkcie (biele rúcha). Ide pravdepodobne o dvanástich prorokov Starého zákona a dvanástich apoštolov.

Zjv 4,5 - Sedem lámp je symbolom plnosti Ducha Svätého (porov. 1, 4).

Zjv 4,6 - "More" symbolizuje vzdialenosť medzi Stvoriteľom a stvorením. "Živé bytosti." Obraz je vzatý z Ez 1, 5 n.; 10, 14. Časť tradície vidí v nich symboly evanjelistov. Je však málo pravdepodobné, že by autor bol mal takýto úmysel.

Zjv 4,8 - Porov. Iz 6, 3.

Zjv 4,11 - Hymny tejto knihy odrážajú s veľkou pravdepodobnosťou liturgickú modlitbu Cirkvi z apoštolských čias.