All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
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All the angels were standing around the throne, the elders, and the four living creatures; and they fell on their faces before his throne, and worshiped God,
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Passages linked to Revelation 7:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 5:11-13 I saw, and I heard something like a voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders. The number of them was ten thousands of ten thousands, and thousands of thousands; saying with a loud voice, “Worthy is the Lamb who has been killed to receive the power, wealth, wisdom, strength, honor, glory, and blessing!” I heard every created thing which is in heaven, on the earth, under the earth, on the sea, and everything in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb be the blessing, the honor, the glory, and the dominion, forever and ever! Amen!”
- Revelation 4:6 Before the throne was something like a sea of glass, similar to crystal. In the middle of the throne, and around the throne were four living creatures full of eyes before and behind.
- Revelation 4:10 the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw their crowns before the throne, saying,
- Revelation 19:4-6 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who sits on the throne, saying, “Amen! Hallelujah!” A voice came from the throne, saying, “Give praise to our God, all you his servants, you who fear him, the small and the great!” I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!
- Psalms 103:20-21 Praise Yahweh, you angels of his, who are mighty in strength, who fulfill his word, obeying the voice of his word. Praise Yahweh, all you armies of his, you servants of his, who do his pleasure.
- Hebrews 1:6 When he again brings in the firstborn into the world he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him.”
- Psalms 148:1-2 Praise Yah! Praise Yahweh from the heavens! Praise him in the heights! Praise him, all his angels! Praise him, all his army!
- Revelation 4:4 Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
- Revelation 11:16 The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God’s throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
- Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
- John 5:23 that all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.
- Revelation 15:4 Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Revelation 22:9 He said to me, “See you don’t do it! I am a fellow bondservant with you and with your brothers, the prophets, and with those who keep the words of this book. Worship God.”
- Psalms 45:11 So the king will desire your beauty, honor him, for he is your lord.
- Psalms 97:7 Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 11 And all the angels stood round about the…
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
Ver. 11. And all the angels] {See Trapp on "Rev 5:11"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain And all the angels stood round about the throne;…
And all the angels stood round about the throne; the good angels, who always in heaven behold the face of their and our heavenly Father.
And about the elders; and about the twenty-four elders, mentioned Rev 4:4.
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And the four beasts; and the living creatures, mentioned Rev 4:6.
And fell before the throne on their faces; the angels, elders, and living creatures, all fall down on their faces, in a reverential sense of the infinite distance between them and their Creator.
And worshipped God; thus paying an homage to God fitted to their glorified state, in consideration of his excellency.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And all the angels stood round about the throne,....…
And all the angels stood round about the throne,.... The holy and elect angels, even all of them, the ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, the innumerable company of them, who are represented in the same position; See Gill on Rev 5:11;
and about the elders, and the four beasts; the churches and ministers; yea, round about the great multitude before mentioned, the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; whose guardians they will be, and to whom they will always be ministering spirits.
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And fell before the throne on their faces: in token of submission and reverence:
and worshipped God; by celebrating the perfections of his nature, and ascribing to him the glory of all his works.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain And all the angels stood - In waiting. Round…
And all the angels stood - In waiting. Round about the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures - That is, the living creatures, next the throne; the elders, round these; and the angels, round them both. And they fell on their faces - So do the elders, once only, chap. xi, 16. The heavenly ceremonial has its fixed order and measure.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. All the angels, &c.] As there is…
Verse 11. All the angels, &c.] As there is joy in the presence of God among these holy spirits when one sinner repents, no wonder that they take such an interest in the gathering together of such innumerable multitudes who are fully saved from their sins.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And all the angels stood round about the throne…
And all the angels stood round about the throne - notes on Rev 5:11.
And about the elders - notes on Rev 4:4.
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And the four beasts - notes on Rev 4:6. The meaning is, that the angels stood in the outer circle, or outside of the elders and the four living creatures. The redeemed, it is manifest, occupied the inner circle, and were near the throne, though their precise location is not mentioned. The angels sympathize with the church redeemed and triumphant, as they did with the church in its conflicts and trials, and they now appropriately unite with that church in adoring and praising God. They see in that redemption new displays of the character of God, and they rejoice that that church is rescued from its troubles, and is now brought triumphant to heaven.
And fell before the throne on their faces - The usual position of profound adoration, Rev 4:10; Rev 5:8.
And worshipped God - notes on Rev 5:11-12.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain The angels, as in Rev 5:11, in their turn…
The angels, as in Rev 5:11, in their turn take up the anthem of praise. There it was "many angels," here it is "all the angels."
stood--"were standing" [ALFORD].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain c. Surrounding circle of ANGELS; with song, Rev_7:11-12.
c. Surrounding circle of ANGELS; with song, Rev_7:11-12.
11. All the angels—Of Rev_5:11.
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Stood—Literally, Greek pluperfect, had stood; had been standing all the time while the seer was contemplating the great multitude, so that as he awakes from that reverie this angel throng break on his view as a sort of sublime surprise. The theophanic court is filled with the multitude, and then in larger circle the angel band surrounds the whole. It must have been with a very keen, intuitive eye that our seer could recognise the enfoldings of so many visions.
On their faces—It was no decorous bow, no solemn kneel, but a total prostration, with their foreheads touching the celestial ground.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) And all the angels . . .—Translate, And…
(11) And all the angels . . .—Translate, And all the angels were standing round the throne, and the elders, and the four living beings . . . saying, Amen. The great concourse of angels—those among whom there has been joy in heaven when a sinner has repented—now add their “Amen” to the cry of the redeemed, and then raise the seven-fold ascription of praise—
“Amen!
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The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom,
And the thanksgiving,
And the honour, and the power, and the strength,
(Is) unto our God Unto the ages of the ages.
Amen!”
The seven-fold form of the doxology, which implies a divine completeness, is appropriate to this vision, which shows us the close of the Church’s agony, and is in itself a slight indication that the view which would limit the seals to some short period of Church history is incorrect, as it is assuredly inadequate.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And all the angels stood round about the throne,…
And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts; were standing... the four living beings. (For a consideration of the positions here indicated, see on Rev_5:11) The throne in the centre with the four living beings was surrounded by the elders, having the Lamb in the midst, between the throne and the elders. Forming a circle round the whole were the angels. (On the elders as representing the Church, and the four living creatures as symbolical of creation, see on Rev_4:4, Rev_4:6) And fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God. As in Rev_5:14 and Rev_11:16, Rev_11:17, praise is accompanied by adoration and worship.
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain All the angels stood round about the throne.
Rev_7:11-12
All the angels stood round about the throne.
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The existence and employment of the holy angels
I. The existence of angels. To what purpose discourse to us concerning the inhabitants of a world future, remote, and of which our ideas are very confused? Let us rather attend to the world in which we live, and to them that dwell therein. It would be perfectly right so to do if the world in which we live were the only one with which we were connected, and death the final period of our existence. But if there be another world which is to receive us for ever, the existence of its inhabitants becomes a speculation both pleasing and important. This state of our being, you say, is future. It is so to-day, but before to-morrow it may be present to some. You say it is remote. That by no means appears. It may not be far from every one of us. The spiritual and eternal world, into which we are, at a destined hour, to be born, may be, like its Divine Maker and King, near us, and round about us, in a manner of which we are not aware, nor shall be, till we enter it. But our ideas of this future world are confused and indeterminate. We have the Divine assurance of Gods Word that such a world exists. But the truth is, that whatever ideas of a future and invisible world may be, at certain times, impressed upon our minds, they are presently effaced by a tide of business or pleasure, and stand, therefore, in need of being continually renewed. Now, what can do this so effectually as frequent meditations on the blessed inhabitants of that world, the holy angels? We love to recollect a place, by the circumstance of those friends we have in it. By thinking of them, we are led to think of the place where they are, and learn to love and desire it the more. An intercourse is by this means opened, a correspondence established, between heaven and earth.
II. Their nature and condition. Angels are spirits. Not formed of the same gross materials, they are free from the inconveniences we feel, the temptations and sufferings to which we are subject. Their appearance is glorious as the light of heaven; and their motion, like that, rapid, and, as it were, instantaneous. The contemplation of so many excellent and happy beings opens our understandings, and enlarges our conceptions of the Creators power and goodness. But if we ourselves are miserable, what benefit, it will be asked, can result to us from contemplating the happiness of others? Will not our misery be rather aggravated than alleviated by it? We do not cease to be wretched upon earth because the angels are otherwise in heaven. Redeemed by the Son of God, leave off, O man, to complain! Wait but for a little while in faith and patience, and their happiness shall be yours.
III. The perfect service, ready and unlimited obedience by them, paid to their almighty creator. Their felicity does not consist in freedom and independence. Like the lightnings, which say, Here we are, they are represented as waiting before the throne, ready, at the Divine command, to fly to the extremities of the world. Nor are the angels more exact in loyalty to their King than in preserving due subordination in their several ranks and under their respective leaders, without which peace could not be in heaven any more than on earth.
IV. The benevolence and charity of the holy angels; the love they have always shown for man, and the services by them rendered to him. And here a scene opens worthy of all admiration, gratitude, and praise, for never do those blessed spirits obey with greater delight the commands of their Maker than when mankind is the subject of those commands; so deeply, from the beginning, have they interested themselves in our welfare. (Bishop Home.)
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 11, 12. All the angels. In chapter 5 the…
11, 12. All the angels. In chapter 5 the elders, four living creatures, the angels about the throne, and every creature join in the praises. Here again all are named, and the angels worship and join in praising God for the blessed scene they have just beheld.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain angels (See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
angels (See Scofield "Heb 1:4").
beasts living creatures. (See Scofield "Eze 1:5").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the four living creatures
the four living creatures
These are the four creatures mentioned in Revelation 4:6-8.
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they fell on their faces
Here "fell on their faces" is an idiom that means hey lay down facing the ground. See how you translated "prostrated themselves" in Revelation 4:10. AT: "they bowed down" (See: Idiom)
Praise, glory ... be to our God
"Our God is worthy of all praise, glory, wisdom, thanks, honor, power and strength"
Praise, glory ... thanksgiving, honor ... be to our God
The verb "give" can be used to show how praise, glory, and honor, are to be "to" God. AT: "We must give praise, glory, thanks, and honor to our God"
forever and ever
These two words mean basically the same thing and emphasize that the praise will never end.
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angel
throne
elder
creature
worship
God
amen
praise
glory
wise
honor
power
eternity
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:11-12 The angels, elders, and four living beings all…
7:11-12 The angels, elders, and four living beings all prostrated themselves before God and responded together in a sevenfold (i.e., comprehensive) doxology to recognize God’s eternal nature. The doxology is preceded and followed by Amen—a powerful affirmation of God’s victory.
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