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Revelation 11:16

in Revelation 11

And the twenty-four elders who sit on their thrones before God fell on their faces and worshiped God,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,

KJV

And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,

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This verse in Revelation 11

Commentary

10 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

the twenty-four elders who sit

on Revelation 11:16-17

The elders thank God as the One who is and who was, without the future clause of 1:4 and 4:8, for His coming has arrived. They give thanks that You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers3 voices

A commentator

Ticonius

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:16-18 · Written before 390.

proposed

He speaks of the beginning and the end. When he says, "You have begun to reign and the nations raged," he indicates the first coming, for at his birth Herod and the people of Jerusalem were troubled. However, the time of the second coming is …

A commentator

Ticonius

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:15-19 · Written before 390.

proposed

He is now mentioning both the beginning and the end of the dispensation of Christ. For when he says, "You have begun to reign and the nations raged," he is speaking of the first coming of Christ. But, indeed, when it follows that "your wrath …

A commentator

Oecumenius

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 550.

proposed

When this voice arose, the elders worshiped God, also offering their own thanksgiving, saying, "We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was." The phrase "who is" is properly attributed to the Holy Trinity, and "who was," although primarily said concerning …

The Medieval Church2 voices

A commentator

Andreas of Caesarea

COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:15-18 · Written before 614.

proposed

Here again he says that the holy angels and those who live as do the angels send a hymn of thanksgiving to God, because for our sake he has become worthy to receive as man that kingdom that as God he possessed from the beginning.

A commentator

Alcuin of York

COMMENTARY ON REVELATION · Written before 804.

proposed

And the four and twenty ancients, who sit on their seats in the sight of God, fell on their faces. Concerning the ancients, it has already been said that they signify the preachers, because a genus should be understood in the species. It is right …
4 more voices on this verse

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

Commentary on Revelation · Written before 735.

proposed

And the twenty-four elders worshiped God, etc. Behold, he says, the third woe will come in the voice of the seventh angel. And when it sounded, it spoke only of the Church praising God and giving thanks. From this, we understand that the reward of …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And the four and twenty elders,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The four and twenty elders - The representatives of the universal Church of Christ. See on Rev 5:8-10 (note).
And the four and twenty elders which sat ... - See the notes on Rev 4:4. Fell upon their faces, and worshipped God - Prostrated themselves before him - the usual form of profound adoration. See the notes on Rev 5:8-14.

The words behind it

23 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Revelation 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:15 worksRevelation 4:4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.14 worksGenesis 17:17Abraham fell facedown. Then he laughed and said to himself, “Can a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Can Sarah give birth at the age of ninety?”6 worksRevelation 7:11And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,4 worksRevelation 5:14And the four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshiped.3 worksRevelation 19:4And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”3 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Daniel 2:46At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.3 worksRevelation 5:5–8Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 4:10

    the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

    it leads to

    • Revelation 5:8

      When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which…

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • Revelation 19:4

      And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying: “Amen, Hallelujah!”

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Revelation 7:11

      And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Psalms 95:6

      O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

    • 1 Chronicles 29:11–16

      Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom,…

  • Through

    Revelation 4:4

    Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these thrones sat twenty-four elders dressed in white, with golden crowns on their heads.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 4:10

      the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne, and they worship Him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Matthew 19:28

      Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve…

  • Through

    Revelation 7:11

    And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

    it leads to

    • Revelation 5:11–13

      Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

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About Revelation

The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, Jan and Hubert van Eyck, about 1430 to 1432. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the New Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alcuin of York, COMMENTARY ON REVELATION; Andreas of Caesarea, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:15-18; Bede, Commentary on Revelation; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Oecumenius, Commentary on Revelation; Ticonius, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:16-18 and Ticonius, COMMENTARY ON THE APOCALYPSE 11:15-19.

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