Revelation 11:12
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
KJV
καὶ ἤκουσαν φωνὴν μεγάλην ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσαν αὐτοῖς· ἀνάβατε ὧδε· καὶ ἀνέβησαν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἐν τῇ νεφέλῃ, καὶ ἐθεώρησαν αὐτοὺς οἱ ἐχθροὶ αὐτῶν.
Greek NT
Et audierunt vocem magnam de cælo, dicentem eis : Ascendite huc. Et ascenderunt in cælum in nube : et viderunt illos inimici eorum.
Vulgate
And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them, Come up hither. And they went up into heaven in the cloud; and their enemies beheld them.
ASV
And they heard a great voice from heaven, saying to them: Come up hither. And they went up to heaven in a cloud: and their enemies saw them.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
4 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- ἤκουσαν — SBLGNT
- ἤκουσαν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- ἤκουσα — Robinson-Pierpont
- φωνῆς μεγάλης — SBLGNT
- φωνῆς μεγάλης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- φωνὴν μεγάλην — Robinson-Pierpont
- λεγούσης — SBLGNT
- λεγούσης — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- λέγουσαν — Robinson-Pierpont
- Ἀνάβατε — SBLGNT
- Ἀνάβατε — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Ἀνάβητε — Robinson-Pierpont
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- 1Thess 4:17 — Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
- 2Kgs 2:11 — And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
- Acts 1:9 — And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- Acts 1:9 — And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- Eph 2:5 — Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
- Rev 4:1 — 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 wh
- Rev 4:1 — 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 wh
- Rev 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Rev 12:5 — And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron: and her child was caught up unto God, and to his throne.
- Rev 14:2 — And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: