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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Celui qui était assis avait l'aspect d'une pierre de jaspe et de sardoine; et le trône était environné d'un arc-en-ciel semblable à de l'émeraude.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
ure God is signified metaphorically, sometimes by a stone ( 2 Kings 22:2 ; Zech. 3:9 ; 1 Cor. 10:4 ; Apoc. 4:3 ); sometimes by a lion ( Is. 31:4 ; Apoc. 5:5 ); sometimes by the sun ( Is. 60:19,20 ; Mal. 4:2 ), or by something similar. Therefore it seems that divers things can be…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 112 (Migne)
, ut in Apocalypsi: «Et qui sedebat, similis erat lapidi jaspidis et sardini [Note: [Col. 1045] 30 Apoc. IV, 3.] ,» quod Christus ex Deo Deus, et ex homine homo est. [Col. 1046D] Stabulum est Ecclesia praesens, ut in Evangelio: «Duxit eum in stabulum, et curam ipsius egit…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 120 (Migne)
i perfectus, utique teres, quia in Christo conformatur, in cujus nimirum circuitu iris esse legitur (Apoc. IV, 3) , ex quo omnis perfectio virtutum designatur. Caeterum nemo proficit ad ista, qui se quotidie major meliorque non invenitur. Hinc quoque propheta: Beatus vir, inquit,…
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