² At once I came under the [Holy] Spirit’s power, and behold, a throne stood in heaven, with One seated on the throne!^(A)

³ And He Who sat there appeared like [the crystalline brightness of] jasper and [the fiery] sardius, and encircling the throne there was a halo that looked like [a rainbow of] emerald.^(B)

⁴ Twenty-four other thrones surrounded the throne, and seated on these thrones were twenty-four elders (^[a]the members of the heavenly Sanhedrin), arrayed in white clothing, with crowns of gold upon their heads.