Revelation 5:9-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 5:11

And I beheld marks a new feature of the vision, viz. the introduction of the angelic host as taking part in the adoration of the Lamb (see on Revelation 4:1 ). And heard the voice of many angels ; a voice. The angels who have "desired to look into" the mystery of the redemption of the world ( 1 Peter 1:12 ) have now had declared to them "by the Church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord" ( Ephesians 3:10 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 5:11-14

The angelic and universal chorus. Now the song bursts out beyond the circles of the redeemed host. "The voice of many angels," even "ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands," bears onwards the same burden of song, "Worthy is the Lamb," and the chorus is completed only when it is taken up by "every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and on the sea;" and the song ascribes "the blessing, and the honour, and the glory, and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 5:12

Saying with a loud voice; a great voice (Revised Version); λέγοντες , "saying," is irregular construction, and to be referred to angels as being a nominative understood. Worthy is the Lamb that was slain; that hath been slain (Revised Version). Again, as in Revelation 5:9 , the worshippers give the reason for considering Christ worthy to receive their adoration. It is because he had been slain and thus redeemed the world. To receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 5:13

And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them; and every created thing which is in the heaven, and on the earth and under the earth, and on the sea, and all things that are in them (Revised Version). All animated creation now joins in the ascription of praise. Those under the earth are probably the "spirits in prison" of 1 Peter 3:19 , though Vitringa understands the expression to be used of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Revelation 5:14

And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth forever and ever. (On the signification of the four beasts as representative of creation, and the four-and-twenty elders as typical of the Church, see on Revelation 4:4 and Revelation 4:6 .) Three stages are marked in the hymn of adoration before this concluding verse: This forms the end of one act of the heavenly drama. The opening of the seals now follows, and a description of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 5:9

And they sung a new song - Compare Revelation 14:3. New in the sense that it is a song consequent on redemption, and distinguished therefore from the songs sung in heaven before the work of redemption was consummated. We may suppose that songs of adoration have always been sung in heaven; we know that the praises of God were celebrated by the angelic choirs when the foundations of the earth were laid Job 38:7; but the song of redemption was a different song, and is one that would never have... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 5:10

And hast made us unto our God kings and priests - See the notes on Revelation 1:6.And we shall reign on the earth - The redeemed, of whom we are the representatives. The idea clearly is, in accordance with what is so frequently said in the Scriptures, that the dominion on the earth will be given to the saints; that is, that there will be such a prevalence of true religion, and the redeemed will be so much in the ascendency, that the affairs of the nations will be in their hands. Righteous... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 5:11

And I beheld - And I looked again.And I heard the voice of many angels - The inhabitants of heaven uniting with the representatives of the redeemed church in ascribing honor to the Lamb of God. The design is to show that there is universal sympathy and harmony in heaven, and that all worlds will unite in ascribing honor to the Lamb of God.Round about the throne and the beasts and the elders - In a circle or area beyond what was occupied by the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. They... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 5:12

Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain - See the notes on Revelation 5:2, Revelation 5:9. The idea here is, that the fact that he was slain, or was made a sacrifice for sin, was the ground or reason for what is here ascribed to him. Compare the notes on Revelation 5:5.To receive power - Power or authority to rule over all things. Compare notes on Matthew 28:18. The meaning here is, that he was worthy that these things should be ascribed to him, or to be addressed and... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Revelation 5:13

And every creature which is in heaven - The meaning of this verse is, that all created things seemed to unite in rendering honor to Him who sat on the throne, and to the Lamb. in the previous verse a certain number - a vast host - of angels are designated as rendering praise as they stood round the area occupied by the throne, the elders, and the living creatures; here it is added that all who were in heaven united in this ascription of praise.And on the earth - All the universe was heard by... read more

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