Revelation 4:7-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 4:1-7

We have here an account of a second vision with which the apostle John was favoured: After this, that is, not only ?after I had seen the vision of Christ walking in the midst of the golden candlesticks,? but ?after I had taken his messages from his mouth, and written and sent them to the several churches, according to his command, after this I had another vision.? Those who well improve the discoveries they have had of God already are prepared thereby for more, and may expect them. Observe, I.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 4:8-11

We have considered the sights that the apostle saw in heaven: now let us observe the songs that he heard, for there is in heaven not only that to be seen which will highly please a sanctified eye, but there is that to be heard which will greatly delight a sanctified ear. This is true concerning the church of Christ here, which is a heaven upon earth, and it will be eminently so in the church made perfect in the heaven of heavens. I. He heard the song of the four living creatures, of the... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 4:9-11

4:9-11 When the living creatures shall give glory and honour and thanksgiving to him who is seated on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, the twenty-four elders shall fall down before him who is seated on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, and say: It is right, our Lord and God, that you should receive the glory and the honour and the power, for you have created all things, and through your will all things exist... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:7

And the first beast was like a lion ,.... And this figure expresses the strength of the ministers of the word, the lion being the strongest among beasts, Proverbs 30:30 , to do the work they are called to, to endure hardness, as good soldiers of Christ, and to bear the infirmities of the weak; and also it denotes their courage and boldness in preaching the Gospel of Christ, without fearing the faces of men, or of being afraid of their revilings: and the second beast like a calf ; or... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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 4:7

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 4:1-7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Revelation 4:8-11

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Revelation 4:9-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Revelation 4:7

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

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

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 4:7

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

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