And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
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Gill's Exposition
And the four beasts said, Amen,.... Giving their assent to what the angels and every creature said, and expressing their desires and wishes that so it might be, and also their faith, that so it was,…
Barnes' Notes
And the four beasts said, Amen - The voice of universal praise came to them from abroad, and they accorded with it, and ascribed honor to God. And the four and twenty elders fell down, ... - The…
Adam Clarke
The four beasts said, Amen - Acknowledged that what was attributed to Christ was his due.
The four and twenty elders - The word εικοσιτεσσαρες, twenty-four, is wanting in the most eminent MSS. and…
Here, I. The apostle beholds this book taken into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to its being unsealed and opened by him. Here Christ is described, 1. By his place and station: In the…
Cambridge Bible
And the four and twenty … for ever and ever We should read simply, "and the elders fell down and worshipped" in silence. The brevity of the phrase, imitating their silent adoration, is really grander…
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