{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rev004_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rev004_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_rev004_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/rev004.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text scholarly edition of Revelation 4:1\u201311, presenting the same passage simultaneously in three versions: the Greek New Testament (GNT), the King James Version (KJV) with Strong's Concordance numbers interspersed after each word, and the Latin Vulgate. The passage describes John's visionary ascent to heaven, where he witnesses a divine throne encircled by a rainbow, surrounded by twenty-four white-robed elders wearing golden crowns, four living creatures covered in eyes (resembling a lion, calf, human, and eagle), and seven burning lamps identified as the seven spirits of God. The creatures ceaselessly cry \"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty,\" and the elders prostrate themselves and cast their crowns before the throne, declaring God worthy of glory because he created all things by his will. The format\u2014GNT alongside KJV with Strong's numbers and the Vulgate\u2014is characteristic of tools used for biblical word study, interlinear analysis, and translation comparison, allowing readers to trace Greek vocabulary through its English and Latin renderings simultaneously. The content itself belongs to the apocalyptic-visionary tradition, drawing heavily on imagery from Ezekiel 1 and Isaiah 6, and is foundational to later Christian liturgy and iconography of the four evangelists.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Revelation: Revelation 4","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":948}