1. After this I had a vision of an open door to heaven, and I heard the trumpetlike voice that had spoken to me before, saying, “Come up here and I will show you what must happen afterwards.”
2. At once I was caught up in spirit. A throne was there in heaven, and on the throne sat
3. one whose appearance sparkled like jasper and carnelian. Around the throne was a halo as brilliant as an emerald.
4. Surrounding the throne I saw twenty-four other thrones on which twenty-four elders sat, dressed in white garments and with gold crowns on their heads.