Text -- Revelation 7:11 (NET)

7:11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 7:11

¹ tn The verb is pluperfect, but the force is simple past. See ExSyn 586.

² tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”