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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:8

And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him ,.... As the seraphim in Isaiah 6:2 with two of which they might cover their faces as they did, testifying thereby their reverence of God, when in his presence; and with the other two cover their feet, signifying their sense of their sinfulness, weakness, and imperfection, in their conversation, even in their best works, and in the ministry of the word; and with the other two fly about, as denoting their readiness to minister the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:9

And when these beasts give glory ,.... When they give God the glory of all his perfections, covenant, and promises, and of all the gifts and grace bestowed on them, and of the success of their ministry; and in it glorify Father, Son, and Spirit, who bear their respective parts in the business of salvation; and ascribe to each their due glory in election, redemption, and sanctification: and honour ; in the several parts of religious worship performed by them; and not with their lips only,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:6

Four beasts - Τεσσαρα ζωα· Four living creatures or four animals. The word beast is very improperly used here and elsewhere in this description. Wiclif first used it, and translators in general have followed him in this uncouth rendering. A beast before the throne of God in heaven sounds oddly. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:7

The first beast was like a lion - It is supposed that there is a reference here to the four standards or ensigns of the four divisions of the tribes in the Israelitish camp, as they are described by Jewish writers. The first living creature was like a lion; this was, say the rabbins, the standard of Judah on the east, with the two tribes of Issachar and Zabulon. The second, like a calf or ox, which was the emblem of Ephraim who pitched on the west, with the two tribes of Manasseh and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:8

The four beasts had each of them six wings - I have already observed, in the preface to this book, that the phraseology is rabbinical; I might have added, and the imagery also. We have almost a counterpart of this description in Pirkey Elieser. chap. 4. I shall give the substance of this from Schoettgen. "Four troops of ministering angels praise the holy blessed God: the first is Michael, at the right hand; the next is Gabriel, at the left; the third is Uriel, before; and the fourth is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:1-6

The Divine government symbolized. In the forms of earth the formless heavenly things are represented—the Divine government which in our thoughts is so often restricted to the conditions of human government. It is needful to remind ourselves that when we have conceived the most lofty notions of the Divine rule, we are infinitely below the real and actual. "As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts." I. THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

The high court of heaven. If the portions of this book hitherto considered have had their difficulties, those on which we now enter are far more beset therewith. But the solemn sanctions given to the reading and study of this book send us, in spite of its difficulties, to the earnest examination of its sayings, certain that in them, even in the most mysterious of them, there lies a message from God to our souls. May he be pleased to make that message clear to us. This fourth chapter gives... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:2-11

Man's higher sphere of being: (2) Spiritually entered. "And immediately I was in the Spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and One sat on the throne," etc. We need not suppose that the supermundane world appeared to John's bodily eye in the forms in which it is here presented. It was a mental vision and nothing more, and a mental vision is often more real, more significant, more impressive, than a material. Commentators of this book have treated these objects as those which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:6

And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. Sea of glass, or a glassy sea. The quality of "glassiness" may refer to the pure appearance of the sea; or it may mean that the sea was in consistency like unto glass; that is, solid and unyielding, so that there was nothing strange in the fact that it supported weights. In either case, the notion is repeated by parallelism in the next clause, "like unto crystal." But the glassy sea may mean "a glass laver," and bear no... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:2-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 4:6

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