And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
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Gill's Exposition
And they sung as it were a new song,.... The song of redeeming grace; the same with that in Rev 5:9; see the note there: this is to be understood of the 144,000, who sung it
before the throne, and…
Barnes' Notes
And they sung as it were a new song - See the notes on Rev 5:9. It was proper to call this “new,” because it was on a new occasion, or pertained to a new object. The song here was in celebration of…
Adam Clarke
They sung - a new song - See on Rev 5:9 (note).
No man could learn that song - As none but genuine Christians can worship God acceptably, because they approach him through the only Mediator, so none…
Here we have one of the most pleasing sights that can be viewed in this world - the Lord Jesus Christ at the head of his faithful adherents and attendants. Here observe, 1. How Christ appears: as a…
Cambridge Bible
sung More accurately, sing.
as it were Should perhaps be omitted, as in Rev 5:9.
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