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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:10

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne ,.... The ministers of the Gospel begin the worship of God, and lead in it, who are the four living creatures; when the members of churches, who are the four and twenty elders, follow, and approach the divine Being in a most humble manner: and worship him that liveth for ever and ever : in Spirit, and in truth, with faith and fervency, in every part of duty they are directed to: and cast their crowns before the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory honour, and power ,.... The Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental ones, read, "thou art worthy, O Lord, and our God, to receive"; that is, to receive the acknowledgment and ascription of glory, honour, and power; for otherwise God cannot be said to receive these from his creatures, than by their confessing and declaring that they belong unto him: and that for the reasons... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:1

A door was opened in heaven - This appears to have been a visible aperture in the sky over his head. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:2

I was in the Spirit - Rapt up in an ecstasy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:3

And he that sat - There is here no description of the Divine Being, so as to point out any similitude, shape, or dimensions. The description rather aims to point out the surrounding glory and effulgence than the person of the almighty King. See a similar description Numbers 24:10 , etc., and the notes there. read more

Adam Clarke

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

Four and twenty elders - Perhaps this is in reference to the smaller Sanhedrin at Jerusalem, which was composed of twenty-three elders; or to the princes of the twenty-four courses of the Jewish priests which ministered at the tabernacle and the temple, at first appointed by David. Clothed in white raiment - The garments of the priests. On their heads crowns of gold - An emblem of their dignity. The Jewish writers represent human souls as being created first; and before they enter... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:5

Seven lamps of fire - Seven angels, the attendants and ministers of the supreme King. See Revelation 1:4 , and the note there. 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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:3

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Revelation 4:5

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

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