Revelation 4:10 BSB

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:

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

the four and twenty elders shall fall down before him that sitteth on the throne, and shall worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and shall cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

KJV

The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,

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Commentary

6 voices

Victorinus of Pettau

Commentary on the Apocalypse of the Blessed John (304)

And when these things were doing, he says that all the elders fell down and adored the Lord; while the living creatures-that is, of course, the actions recorded in the Gospels and the teaching of the Lord-gave Him glory and honour.31 In that they had fulfilled the word that had been previously foretold by them, they worthily and with reason exult, feeling that they have ministered the mysteries and the word of the Lord.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

Bede

Commentary on Revelation (735)

The twenty-four elders fell down before Him who sits on the throne and worshipped. When the creatures resound in praise, that is, when the evangelists proclaim the dispensation of Christ, the whole Church, which consists of leaders and peoples (for this is what the doubled …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Two different objects of worship, either co-ordinate or sub-ordinate, would confound the worship and divide the worshippers. It is unlawful to join in divine worship with those who either mistake or multiply the object. There is but one God, and he alone, as God, is worshipped by the church on earth and in heaven.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Cast their crowns before the throne - Acknowledge the infinite supremacy of God, and that they have derived their being and their blessings from him alone. This is an allusion to the custom of prostrations in the east, and to the homage of petty kings acknowledging the supremacy of the emperor.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A simultaneous giving of glory on the part of the beasts, and on the part of the elders. give--"shall give" in one oldest manuscript. for ever and ever--Greek, "unto the ages of the ages."

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Original language & word study

29 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
πεσοῦνται	pesountai	will fall	G4098 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
εἴκοσι	eikosi	twenty	G1501 →
τέσσαρες	tessares	four	G5064 →
πρεσβύτεροι	presbuteroi	elders	G4245 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
τοῦ	tou	the [One]	G3588 →
καθημένου	kathēmenou	sitting	G2521 →
ἐπὶ	epi	upon	G1909 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θρόνου	thronou	throne	G2362 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
προσκυνήσουσιν	proskunēsousin	they will worship	G4352 →
τῷ	tō	the [One]	G3588 →
ζῶντι	zōnti	living	G2198 →
εἰς	eis	to	G1519 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
αἰῶνας	aiōnas	ages	G165 →
τῶν	tōn	of the	G3588 →
αἰώνων	aiōnōn	ages	G165 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
βαλοῦσιν	balousin	they will cast	G906 →
τοὺς	tous	the	G3588 →
στεφάνους	stephanous	crowns	G4735 →
αὐτῶν	autōn	of them	G846 →
ἐνώπιον	enōpion	before	G1799 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
θρόνου	thronou	throne	G2362 →
λέγοντες·	legontes	saying:	G3004 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 95:6
O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
leads to
- Philippians 2:10
  that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
- Psalms 100:3
  Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
- Ephesians 3:14
  ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,
- Psalms 95:1
  Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
- Daniel 6:10
  Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on…
Through
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…
leads to
- Psalms 141:2
  May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- Revelation 8:3–4
  Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
- Philippians 2:9–11
  Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names,