They were full of eyes within:— To signify their quick discernment of every object around them; as their wings were to express their readiness to execute the divine commands; quick to discern, and prompt to perform. The anthem which they sung is that which Isaiah tells us he heard the seraphim sing, ch. Revelation 6:3 and it is observable, that many other hymns recorded in this book are borrowed from the old Testament.
Verse Revelation 4:8. _THE FOUR BEASTS HAD EACH OF THEM SIX WINGS_] I have already observed, in the _preface_ to this book, that the _phraseology_ is _rabbinical_; I might have added, and the _imager...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS HAD EACH OF THEM SIX WINGS ABOUT HIM - An emblem common to them all, denoting that, in reference to each and all the things here symbolized, there was one common characteristic - t...
III. THE THINGS WHICH ARE AFTER THESE, THE END OF THE AGE, THE CONSUMMATION, AND FINAL MESSAGES (4-22) Chapter S 4-5 _ 1. The open door and the vision of the throne (Revelation 4:1)_ 2. The twenty...
REVELATION 4. THE VISION OF HEAVEN. In this chapter the real Apocalypse commences. A door is opened in heaven and the seer sees the throne of God, flashing like jewels, and surrounded by a rainbow. Tw...
With the fourth chapter there is. remarkable change in the nature of Revelation. Two parts, the record of the things John _saw_ and the things that _were_ (are) have ended; the third part, the declara...
THE OPENING HEAVENS AND THE OPENING DOOR (Revelation 4:1) _ 4:1 After this I saw, and, behold, a door in heaven was standing open, and there came to me the voice that I had heard before, speaking to...
AND THEY WERE. are. HOLY, &C. The first of the seventeen (App-10) heavenly utterances in Rev. Here, Revelation 4:8; Revelation 4:11; Revelation 5:9;...
_And the four beasts_&c. Render, AND THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, HAVING EACH OF THEM SIX WINGS, ARE FULL OF EYES ROUND ABOUT AND WITHIN:" i.e. the statement of Revelation 4:6, that they are "full of ey...
ἝΝ ΚΑΘ ̓ ἛΝ ΑΥ̓ΤΩ͂Ν. With AP (B2 omits αὐτῶν); Text. Rec[165] ἓν καθ ̓ ἑαντό. [165] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. ἜΧΩΝ. With A1; Text. Rec[166] εἶχον with א Primas[167] Vg[168]; B2 r...
Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
_JOHN DESCRIBED GOD AS WORTHY REVELATION 4:8-11:_ We quickly observe that the focus of John's vision is not on the twenty-four elders, nor on the four strange creatures. The focal point is God on the...
ΈΝ ΚΑΘ' ΕΝ ΑΥΤΏΝ один за другим (BAGD). ΈΧΩΝ _praes. act. part. от_ ΈΧ (G2192) иметь, ΆΝ (G303) каждый, каждый по очереди, распределительное использование предлога (BAGD). ΠΤΈΡΥΓΑΣ _acc. pl._ от ΠΤ...
_TOMLINSON'S COMMENTS_ PART II CHAPTER IV THE VISION OF THE THRONE _Text (Revelation 4:1-11)_ 1 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voi...
Strauss-' Comments SECTION 11 Text Revelation 4:1-8 After these things I saw, and behold, a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, a voice as of a trumpet speaking with me, one sayi...
And the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to...
__ Throne Section-The Scroll At the seventh trumpet they fall and worship, the tenor of their words showing that they are not included among His slaves the prophets or the saints (Rev_11:16). They h...
4:8 creatures, (a-5) See Isaiah 6:2 ,Isaiah 6:3 . round (b-14) I judge that Ezekiel 10:12 shows that 'round' belongs to the eyes. not (c-25) I prefer 'cease not' to 'have no rest,' because in English...
THE GLORY OF GOD The Church has been encouraged in the midst of her tribulation and temptation by the vision of the presence and support of Christ. Now (Revelation 4:5) a further series of visions beg...
BEASTS] RV 'living creatures.' REST NOT] RV 'have no rest'; cp. 'watchers' as title of angels, Daniel 4:13. HOLY, etc.] see on Revelation 1:4 and Revelation 1:8;...
FROM NOW TO THE END OF TIME REVELATION _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 *WORSHIP IN HEAVEN - REVELATION 4:1-5 *WORSHIP OF GOD WHO CREATED ALL THINGS - REVELATION 4:1-11...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS (or, _living beings)_ HAD EACH OF THEM (literally, _one by one of them)_ SIX WINGS ABOUT HIM; AND THEY WERE FULL OF (or, _teeming with)_ EYES. — The last verse spoke of the living...
CHAPTER III. ANTICIPATIONS OF THE CHURCH'S VICTORY. Revelation 4:1; Revelation 5:1. WE have seen in considering the first chapter of the Apocalypse that the book as a whole is to be occupied with th...
A description of the sounds and songs of heaven follows the picture of its sights. γέμουσιν, either with τὰ τ. ζ. (ἔχων for once a real participle) or an asyndeton (if ἔχων here, as elsewhere in the A...
“A THRONE SET IN HEAVEN” Revelation 4:1 The vision of the ascended Lord introduced the seven letters to the churches, so the visions of this and the next Chapter s introduce the seven seals. They res...
This chapter introduces us to the Revelation of Christ in His government of all world affairs in which a most remarkable vision of the heavenly order is presented to us. Everything is seen as surround...
Isaiah 6:1-3 describes seraphims around God's thrones with six wings crying, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory." They worship Him because he is full of holi...
And the (b) four beasts had each of them six wings about [him]; and [they were] full of eyes within: and they rest not (8) day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is...
Each of them six wings. See the like visions, Ezechiel i. 4; Isaias vi. 2. These signify their swiftness in executing God's just commands. --- Full of eyes: a symbol of knowledge and watchfulness. ---...
(4) And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold. (5) And out of...
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 SUPER-SUPERLATIVE SONG_ ‘Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty, Which was, and Which is, and Which is to come.’ Revelation 4:8 Hebrew grammarians call this Trisagion, the super-superlative...
After These Things I. INTRODUCTION A. The key to understanding the book of Revelation is in Revelation 1:19 "Write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will...
But we have to consider where the fourth Chapter commences God's ways. It does not follow necessarily that the assembly has been spued out of Christ's mouth. It had been threatened; but the judgment o...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS HAD EACH OF THEM SIX WINGS ABOUT [HIM],.... As the seraphim in Isaiah 6:2 with two of which they might cover their faces as they did, testifying thereby their reverence of God, whe...
And the first beast _was_ like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast _was_ like a flying eagle. 8 And the four beasts had each of the...
_And the four living creatures_ With an allusion to the seraphim represented in Isaiah's vision; _had each of them six wings about him_ Which they used in part to express their reverence and humility,...
SIX WINGS; expressive of swiftness in executing the purposes of God....
AND THE FOUR BEASTS HAD EACH OF THEM SIX WINGS ABOUT HIM; AND THEY WERE FULL OF EYES WITHIN; AND THEY REST NOT DAY AND NIGHT, SAYING, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD GOD ALMIGHTY, WHICH WAS, AND IS, AND IS TO...
The sea of glass, the beasts, and the hymn of praise:...
A DOOR OPENED IN HEAVEN From this point in Revelation the Church is never again seen on earth, but always in heaven or coming as the armies in heaven with her Lord to judge the earth (Revelation 19:11...
_ 8 The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to com...
REST NOT: _ Gr._ they have no rest...
1-8 After the Lord Jesus had instructed the apostle to write to the churches "the things that are," there was another vision. The apostle saw a throne set in heaven, an emblem of the universal domini...
AND THE FOUR BEASTS HAD EACH OF THEM SIX WINGS ABOUT HIM: the seraphims in Isaiah's vision, REVELATION 6:2, had so; there their use is declared, _with twain he covered his face, with twain his feet, a...
Tertullian On Prayer Otherwise, when is the name of God not "holy," and "hallowed" through Himself, seeing that of Himself He sanctifies all others-He to whom that surrounding circle of angels cease...
Revelation 4:8 G2532 four G5064 creatures G2226 each G303 G1520 G2596 G1438 having G2192 ...
‘And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind. And the first creature was like a lion, the second creature like a calf, the thi...
Chaps. 4 and 5 form the third section of the Apocalypse; but the struggle of the Church, which it is the main object of the book to describe, does not yet begin. These two Chapter s are preparatory to...
Revelation 4:7-8 a. AND THE FIRST LIVING CREATURE WAS LIKE A LION, AND THE SECOND LIVING CREATURE LIKE A BULL-CALF, AND THE THIRD LIVING CREATURE HAD ITS FACE AS OF A MAN, AND THE FOURTH LIVING CREATU...
Revelation 4:8 b. AND THEY HAVE NO REST DAY AND NIGHT, SAYING, HOLY, HOLY, HOLY, LORD, WHO ART GOD, THE ALMIGHTY, HE WHICH WAS AND WHICH IS, AND WHICH IS TO COME. The _Trisagion_ thus sung by the livi...
EACH ONE OF THEM (εν καθ' εν αυτων). "One by one of them," a vernacular idiom like εις κατα εις in Mark 14:19.HAVING (εχων). Masculine participle again as in verse Revelation 4:7, though ζωον neu...
BEASTS Lving creatures. (_ See Scofield) - (Ezekiel 1:5). _ GOD ALMIGHTY Jehovah of hosts. (Isaiah 6:3)....
Revelation 4:8 New Year's Day. There is something exceedingly solemn in the opening of a new year. At such times more than others, when even the trifler is visited for an instant by serious thought,...
CONTENTS: Things which shall be. Vision of the throne in heaven, the enthroned elders, the four living creatures and their worship with the elders because of creation. CHARACTERS: Christ, Holy Spirit...
It is proper here to assist the reader with a key to the sublime visions about to open, which has been furnished by the profound study and observation of learned men in the churches of France, Germany...
Angels everywhere have strength, offer service, have intelligence and are swift. See Psalms 103:20-21; Hebrews 1:14; Daniel 9:21; Luke 12:8;...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:6 The peaceful SEA OF GLASS often appears in prophetic visions of God’s throne room (Exodus 24:10;...
John next sees four beasts full of eyes before and behind, bearing a general resemblance to a lion, a calf, a man, and an eagle. Each has wings and eyes, and they rest not day or night, saying: "Holy,...
AN INTRODUCTORY THEOPHANY _CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES_ Revelation 4:1. SAW.—Observed, not specially “looked up.” OPENED.—Set open. TRUMPET.— Revelation 1:10. WHICH SAID.—The voice is put for the...
EXPOSITION This is the commencement of the second great division, which embraces Revelation 4-22:5, that in which the revelation, properly so called, takes place. Revelation 4:1. and 5. contain the f...
_6 AND BEFORE THE THRONE THERE WAS A SEA OF GLASS LIKE UNTO CRYSTAL: AND IN THE MIDST OF THE THRONE, AND ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE, WERE FOUR BEASTS FULL OF EYES BEFORE AND BEHIND._ _ 7 AND THE FIRST BE...
Revelation chapter four begins with the Greek word "meta autos". And the first verse begins and ends with the same Greek words. The words literally from the Greek are "after these things". So as we co...
1 Thessalonians 2:9; 1 Timothy 4:16; 2 Corinthians 6:18; 2 Thessalonians 3:8;...
Had [ε ι χ ο ν]. The best texts read ecwn having, the participle in the singular number agreeing with each one. Each of them [ε ν κ α θ ε α υ τ ο]. Lit., one by himself. The best texts read en kaq en...
THE THRONE PREPARING FOR JUDGMENT Revelation 4:1 _and Revelation 5:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS We are now approaching the second division of the Book of Revelation. Chapter three concludes the message to...
Each of them hath six wings — As had each of the seraphim in Isaiah's vision. "Two covered his face," in token of humility and reverence: "two his feet," perhaps in token of readiness and diligence fo...