Revelation Chapter 11 verse 16 Holy Bible
And the four and twenty elders, who sit before God on their thrones, fell upon their faces and worshipped God,
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And the four and twenty rulers, who are seated before God on their high seats, went down on their faces and gave worship to God, saying,
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And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God,
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The twenty-four elders, who sit on their thrones before God's throne, fell on their faces and worshiped God,
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and the twenty and four elders, who before God are sitting upon their thrones, did fall upon their faces, and did bow before God,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 16. - And the four and twenty elders. "The elders" represent the Church (see on Revelation 4:4); they are those who were made "a kingdom" (Revelation 1:6); they therefore fitly take up the burden of praise to him who has now established his universal and everlasting kingdom. Which sat before God on their seats; which sit before God on their thrones (Revised Version). Thus they are described in Revelation 4:4. Fell upon their faces, and worshipped God. (So also in Revelation 4:10; Revelation 5:14; Revelation 19:4.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(16) And the four . . .--Translate, And the four-and-twenty elders, who before God were seated upon their thrones (not "seats"), fell upon their faces, and worshipped God. The four-and-twenty elders represent the Church of God in all ages; they sit with Christ in heavenly places, even while they are toiling and sorrowing on earth; every one of the true children of the kingdom appear before God, and their angels behold the presence of their Father who is in heaven. They were seated on thrones, not "seats" (comp. Revelation 4:4), as in English version; the word used is the same which is translated "throne" when it refers to our Lord. It is the same word which is rendered "seat" (Revelation 2:13; Revelation 16:10) when it refers to Satan; but it is better rendered throne throughout, for by this variation of translation, as "Archbishop Trench has pointed out, two great ideas which run through this book, and, indeed, we may say through the whole of the New Testament, are obliterated: the one, that the true servants of Christ are crowned with Him and share His sovereignty; the other, that the antagonism of the Prince of Darkness to the Prince of Light develops itself in the hellish parody of the heavenly kingdom" (Prof. Lightfoot, Revision of New Testament, p. 41). It is specially desirable that this thought should be kept before us in this passage, which proclaims that the kingdom and throne and power of the wicked one have passed away, and the hour has come when the victorious saints may sit down with Christ in His throne (Revelation 3:21).
