Manly Luscombe Commentary on NT
Revelation 5:14
14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
A. The 4 living creatures and the 24 elders joined in the worship.
14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped Him who lives forever and ever.
A. The 4 living creatures and the 24 elders joined in the worship.
Verse Revelation 5:14. _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 i...
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 livin...
Revelation 5:1 . Much has been written about the meaning of the book written within and on the back side, and sealed with seven seals. What the book contains is no secret whatever. Beginning with the...
REVELATION 5. THE VISION OF HEAVEN (_continued)._ Ch. 4 gives us the vision of the majesty and glory of God, ch. 5 the vision of the Lamb standing as though it had been slain. The theme of Revelation...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS SAID, AMEN. This scene, all. wonderful preface, to the opening of the seals by the Lamb, closes with the Amen of the four living creatures and the worship of the elders. PRACTICA...
The evidence for the current view rests solely upon the formerly accepted text of the Doxology (song), in which the living beings and the elders are represented as uniting, (Chapter 5:10, 11.) Critici...
And the Lamb came and received the roll from the right hand of him who was seated on the throne. When it had received the roll, the four living creatures fell before the Lamb and so did the twenty-fou...
And I heard every created creature which was in the heaven, and upon the earth, and beneath the earth and on the sea, and all things in them, saying: Blessing and honour and glory and dominion for ev...
THE ROLL IN THE HAND OF GOD (Revelation 5:1) _ 5:1 And in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne I saw a roll written on the front and on the back, and seated with seven seals._ We must...
FOUR AND TWENTY. The texts omit. WORSHIPPED. See Revelation 3:9. HIM... EVER. The texts omit....
_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 grande...
THE NEW SONG...
ΠΡΟΣΕΚΎΝΗΣΑΝ. Text. Rec[219] adds ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων with Primas[220] and late Vg[221] [219] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. [220] Primasius, edited by Haussleiter. [221]...
_THE ENTIRE CREATION PRAISED THE REDEEMER REVELATION 5:12-14:_ Countless angels and others declare the worthiness of the Lamb because of the redemption He accomplished. Their message was "Worthy is th...
ΈΛΕΓΟΝ _impf. ind. act. от_ ΛΈΓΩ (G3004) говорить. Inch, _impf._, "они начали говорить" или итеративный: "они говорили снова и снова" ΈΠΕΣΑΝ _aor. ind. act. от_ ΠΊΠΤΩ (G4098) падать, ΠΡΟΣΕΚΎΝΗΣΑΝ _a...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS SAID, AMEN,— It was the custom in the temple worship for the singers to make pauses. "In every Psalm, (say the Talmudists,) the music made three intermissions. At these intermissio...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ CHAPTER V THE BOOK WITH SEVEN SEALS _Text (Revelation 5:1-14)_ Introduction 1 And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the back,...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ The Heavenly Doxologies Text (Revelation 5:9-14) These elders sang a new song; new, because it is in praise of a new triumph of Christ, who has been found worthy to open the s...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 14 Text Revelation 5:11-14 11 And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders; and the number of them was ten...
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. SAID. So A 'Aleph ('), Vulgate, Syriac, read; but B, Coptic, read [ legon...
__ Throne Section-The Seals 13 It has been suggested that the Syriac version preserves the true reading here. After "blessing" it goes right on and gives every creature to the Lambkin, rather than g...
5:14 homage. (a-15) See Note h, ch. 3.9....
THE GLORY OF THE LAMB The Church is shown that Christ is on her side. He has overcome by suffering. Now the future is for Him and His people, and He is worshipped with the Father. 1-4. A roll of a bo...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 5 *WORSHIP OF THE *LAMB - REVELATION 5:1-14 V1 Then I saw a *scroll on the right hand of him who sat on the *throne. There were wor...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS... — Better, _And the four living beings said, Amen_ (or, _the Amen). And the elders_ (omit “four and twenty”) _fell down and worshipped._ The remaining words of this verse are wan...
The prologue is brought to a splendid close by “amen” from the four ζῷα, who have the last as they had the first word (Revelation 4:8), followed by silent adoration from the πρεσβύτεροι. As in the lit...
THE ONE WORTHY TO OPEN IT Revelation 5:9 Jesus is worthy to unroll the mystic scroll of history, because He loved and loves our race as no other has ever done; and He is equally worthy to open each n...
In this chapter we have John's vision of the heavenly arrangement for earthly administration. The program lies in the hand of the One who sits on the throne. It is written, but sealed, and none can kn...
The only thing left to do is say Amen, or so be it, and fall down in silent worship before Christ....
(16) And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. (16) A confirmation of the praise given before, from the consent of t...
(11) And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; (1...
We have already seen the bearing of the seven churches to which the Lord was pleased to send the letters contained in the second and third Chapter s. We have found, I trust, substantial reason and amp...
The Title Deed I don't know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.--George Bernard Shaw There is enough for all. The earth is a generous...
In the next Chapter we find the Lamb. A book was in the right hand of Him who sat on the throne. It was counsels, wielded by His power. Who could open them and bring them forth to execution? Who had t...
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, a...
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four _and_ twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. Ver. 14. _And the four beasts_] The saints were the precentors in this ble...
_And I beheld_ The many angels; _and heard the voice_ And the number of them; _round about the throne_ Of the Divine Majesty; _and the_ living creatures _and the elders_ So forming the third circle. I...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS SAID, AMEN. AND THE FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPED HIM THAT LIVETH FOREVER AND EVER. The hymn of praise is here taken up by a larger circle of blessed spirits and c...
The choruses of praise:...
NONE FOUND WORTHY TO OPEN THE BOOK OF JUDGMENT In the right hand of the Sovereign Ruler is seen a book sealed with seven seals, written on the inside and on the back (v. 1). It is the book of God's ju...
8-14 It is matter of joy to all the world, to see that God deals with men in grace and mercy through the Redeemer. He governs the world, not merely as a Creator, but as our Saviour. The harps were in...
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Revelation 5:14 Then G2532 four G5064 creatures G2226 said G3004 (G5707) Amen G281 And G2532 twenty-four G1501
‘And I saw, and I heard a voice of many angels round about the throne and the living creatures and the elders, and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, s...
Revelation 5:14. AND THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES SAID AMEN, AND THE ELDERS FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED. The four living creatures give the solemn assent ‘Amen;' and it has been well observed that they do s...
Revelation 5:12 a. AND I SAW WHEN HE OPENED THE SIXTH SEAL, AND THERE WAS A GREAT EARTHQUAKE. The verb ‘saw' is again to be taken absolutely as in Revelation 5:1-2; Revelation 5:5;...
The vision upon which we enter in this chapter is beheld in the same circumstances as that of chap. 4, and is closely connected with it. The special revelation of the Apocalypse does not yet begin, an...
AMEN (Αμην). The four living creatures give their approval to the doxology after the antiphonal songs.FELL DOWN AND WORSHIPPED (επεσαν κα προσεκυνησαν). In silent adoration that closes the whole s...
BEASTS Living creatures. (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _...
CONTENTS: Vision of the seven sealed books. Christ seen in His Kingly character. Angels, elders and living creatures exalt the Lamb who is King. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, John, strong angel, elders, f...
Revelation 5:1. _I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne, a book,_ a large staff, with seven sheets of parchment written on both sides, and at the last coil of each parchment, a seal was...
AMEN. The four living creatures place their seal of approval on the worship. AND THE ELDERS. They, too, fall down to worship the Triune God, and especially the Lamb. [It was a custom in the ancient wo...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 5:13 EVERY CREATURE IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH AND UNDER THE EARTH AND IN THE SEA. Compare Psalms 146:6;...
This Lion-lamb came and took the book from the hand of him who sat upon the throne; and the heavenly beings fell down before the Lamb with harps and golden vials full of odors which are the prayers of...
THE OPENER OF THE SEALED BOOK _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ HAVING duly conserved the honour of the one and only Lord God Almighty, attention can be again fixed on the ministry of the Living Christ...
EXPOSITION REVELATION 5:1 AND I SAW. As in Revelation 4:1, this phrase introduces a new incident in the vision. That which had been witnessed remained, but a further development now takes place....
_12 SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, WORTHY IS THE LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN TO RECEIVE POWER, AND RICHES, AND WISDOM, AND STRENGTH, AND HONOUR, AND GLORY, AND BLESSING._ _ 13 AND EVERY CREATURE WHICH IS IN HEAVE...
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat upon the throne a scroll that had writing both within and on the backside, and it was sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a l...
Revelation 19:4; Revelation 4:9...
Four and twenty. Omit. Worshipped. In silent adoration. Him that liveth forever and ever. Omit....
THE LAMB IN REVELATION Revelation 5:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We remember from Exodus 12:1, how that lamb had to be kept up from the tenth to the fourteenth day, and how it had to be slain at the going d...