Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And they saw the God of Israel: and there was under his feet as it were a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Of a sapphire stone
In his clearness
Bible References
Saw
John 1:18
No man has ever yet seen God; God the Only Son, who is ever with the Father--He has revealed him.
John 14:9
"Have I been all this time among you," said Jesus, "and yet you, Philip, have not recognized me? He who has seen me has seen the Father, how can you say, then, 'Show us the Father'?
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone is possessed of immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or ever can see--to whom be ascribed honour and power for ever. Amen.
1 John 4:12
No human eyes have ever seen God, yet, if we love one another, God remains in union with us, and his love attains its perfection in us.
Of a sapphire stone
Revelation 4:3
He who was seated on it was in appearance like a jasper and a sardius; and 'round the throne there was a rainbow' of the color of an emerald.
Revelation 21:19
The foundations of the wall of the City were ornamented with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation stone was a jasper; the second a sapphire; the third a chalcedony; the fourth an emerald;
In his clearness
Matthew 17:2
There his appearance was transformed before their eyes; his face shown like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.
Revelation 1:16
in his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like 'the sun in the fulness of its power.'
Revelation 21:11
Its brilliance was like that of some very precious stone, like a jasper, transparent as crystal.