1:28 like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds after the rain.49 This was the appearance of the surrounding brilliant light; it looked like the glory of the Lord. When I saw50 it, I threw myself face down, and I heard a voice speaking.
sn Reference to the glowing substance and the brilliant light and storm phenomena in vv. 27–28a echoes in reverse order the occurrence of these phenomena in v. 4.
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tn The vision closes with the repetition of the verb “I saw” from the beginning of the vision in 1:4.