(5) 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) By the company attending about him in that, as that most high Judge, he is accompanied with the most honourable attendance of prophets and apostles both of the old and new Church, whom Christ has made to be priests and kings; (Revelation 1:6; Revelation 5:10).
Verse Revelation 4:4. _FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS_] Perhaps this is in reference to the smaller _Sanhedrin_ at Jerusalem, which was composed of twenty-three elders; or to the _princes of the twenty-four c...
AND ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE WERE FOUR AND TWENTY SEATS - Or rather, “thrones” - θρόνοι thronoi - the same word being used as what is rendered “throne” - θρόνος thronos. The word, indeed, properly den...
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...
FOUR AND TWENTY. See App-10 and App-197. SEATS. thrones, as Revelation 4:2. See Revelation 1:4. SAW. The texts omit. ELDERS. Greek. _presbuteros._ These are evidently heavenly beings, "a pattern" af...
_four and twenty seats_ Better, THRONES; it is the same word that is used of _the_throne. Cf. Daniel 7:9. _four and twenty elders_ There are two views as to the significance of these, both leading to...
ΕἼΚΟΣΙ ΤΈΣΣΑΡΑΣ ΠΡΕΣΒ. Text. Rec[154] reads with B2 τοὺς εἴκοσιτ. πρ. [154] Rec. Textus Receptus as printed by Scrivener. 4. ΘΡΌΝΟΥΣ ΕἼΚΟΣΙ ΤΈΣΣΑΡΑΣ. “Twenty-four thrones.” Cf. Revelation 2:13 n.; D...
Revelation 4:1-9. HEAVEN OPENED...
_JOHN DESCRIBED WHO HE SAW -- REVELATION 4:4-5:_ Around the throne John saw twenty-four elders. John observed that these elders were sitting on thrones. The elders are representative of the people of...
ΚΑΘΉΜΕΝΟΥΣ _praes. med._ {dep.) _part. (adj.) от_ ΚΆΘΗΜΑΙ (G2521) сидеть, ΠΕΡΙΒΕΒΛΗΜΈΝΟΥΣ _perf. pass. part. (adj.) от_ ΠΕΡΙΒΆΛΛΩ (G4016) оборачивать; _pass._ быть одетым, ΛΕΥΚΌΣ (G3022) белый, ΚΕΦ...
SEATS:— _Thrones:_ and so wherever it occurs. The _four and twenty elders_ may be considered as representatives of the _church,_ paying homage at the _throne_ in the name of the rest....
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...
_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...
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. SEATS - rather...
THE PROPHETIC SECTION 10 _ Endurance _ will be a cardinal virtue in that day of stress and distress. Seven times are we reminded of it (Rev_1:9; Rev_2:2-3; Rev_2:19; Rev_3:10; Rev_13:10; Rev_14:12)....
4:4 round (e-2) I use 'round' for what is connected with anything (not necessarily united to it) as a centre, as the tire of a wheel, but 'around' is used for detached objects encircling....
SEATS] RV 'thrones.' ELDERS] either representative of the Church of both dispensations (OT. and NT.); or, as some think, angelic beings: cp. Isaiah 24:23; Colossians 1:16....
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...
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...
(4)AND ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE WERE FOUR AND TWENTY SEATS (or, _thrones_), AND UPON THE SEATS (or, _thrones)_ I SAW FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS SITTING, CLOTHED IN WHITE RAIMENT; AND THEY HAD ON THEIR HEADS...
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...
This verse breaks the continuous description of 3 and 5; it is evidently an original touch of the writer introduced into the more or less traditional scenery of the eternal court where “all the sancti...
“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...
The exact identity of the twenty-four elders is unknown. They wear white, the color for purity and holiness, and have golden crowns on their heads, which may symbolize the victory Christ has given the...
About the throne were four and twenty seats, or lesser thrones, twenty-four seniors or senators upon them, representing the illustrious saints both of the Old and New Testament, clothed in white garme...
(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...
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 ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE [WERE] FOUR AND TWENTY SEATS,.... In a semicircular form, as the rainbow also was; the thrones in the above form, came to both ends, or sides of it; just as when the sanhedr...
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. Ver. 4. _And ro...
_And round about the throne_ In a circle; _four and twenty seats_ Greek, θρονοι, _thrones; and upon the thrones four and twenty elders_ Signifying, perhaps, the most wise, holy, and useful of all the...
FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS; the representatives of God's people under the Old and New Testament dispensations, twelve for each, answering to the twelve tribes of Israel, and the twelve apostles of Christ....
THE VISION OF GOD'S THRONE OF MAJESTY AND GLORY. Revelation 4:1 The throne and the seat of the elders:...
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....
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...
_ 4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty-four elders sitting, clothed in white robes; and they had crowns of gold on their heads._ A. 24 ELDERS - Most commentar...
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...
Some think (and not improbably) that here is an allusion to the twenty-four courses of the priests and Levites, established by God for his service in the sanctuary and temple of old, 1 CHRONICLES 24:1...
Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book VI he will sit down on the four-and-twenty thrones,[191] Tertullian De Corona much more with a crown on it will she offend those (elders) who perhaps are then we...
Revelation 4:4 G2532 Around G2943 throne G2362 twenty-four G1501 G2532 G5064 thrones G2362 and G2532 on...
‘And round about the throne were twenty four thrones, and on the thrones I saw twenty four elders sitting, clothed in white garments, and on their heads crowns of gold.' These thrones might tie in wit...
Revelation 4:4. In the next part of the description we are told that there were round about the throne twenty-four thrones, and upon the thrones twenty-four elders. It is important to observe the word...
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...
ROUND ABOUT THE THRONE (κυκλοθεν του θρονου). Here as a preposition with the genitive, though only adverb in Revelation 4:8 (only N.T. examples save Textus Rec. in Revelation 5:11).FOUR AND TWENTY...
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...
God's throne is the spiritual center of the universe. Words can only hint at his glory! JASPER. A diamond - _white, brilliant -_ symbolic of holiness. CARNELLAN. A topaz - _bloody red -_ symbolic of j...
REVELATION 4:1 “Things that shall take place after this”: Christ’s defense of his church and destruction of its enemies. Having identified the strengths and weaknesses of the seven Asian churches, whi...
REVELATION—NOTE ON REVELATION 4:4 On TWENTY-FOUR THRONES sat TWENTY-FOUR ELDERS. Their number may reflect the orders of priests serving in the OT temple (see...
Here are twenty-four seats and twenty-four elders in white garments and wearing crowns of gold. Who are they? Well, we see that they offer intelligent worship, they explain certain things to John, the...
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...
_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._ There has been...
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...
2 Timothy 4:8; Esther 8:15; Luke 22:30; Matthew 19:28; Psalms 21:3;...
Throne [θ ρ ο ν ο υ]. A seat or chair. In Homer, an armchair with high back and footstool. Cushions were laid upon the seat, and over both seat and back carpets were spread. A royal throne. Used of th...
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...
And round about the throne — In a circle, are four and twenty thrones, and on the thrones four and twenty elders — The most holy of all the former ages, Isaiah 24:23; Hebrews 12:1; representing the wh...
St. John having described Almighty God as sitting upon his throne in the former verse, here he declares whom he saw about the throne as assessors with him, namely, FOUR AND TWENTY ELDERS; by which som...