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Text -- Revelation 5:14 (NET)

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5:14 And the four living creatures were saying “Amen,” and the elders threw themselves to the ground and worshiped.
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Stones, Precious | Shouting | Praise | Living Creature | LORD'S SUPPER; (EUCHARIST) | Jesus, The Christ | God | FOUR | Elder | Church | CHERUB, CHERUBIM | Animals | Angel | Amen | ADORATION | more
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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Robertson: Rev 5:14 - -- Amen ( Amēn ). The four living creatures give their approval to the doxology after the antiphonal songs.

Amen ( Amēn ).

The four living creatures give their approval to the doxology after the antiphonal songs.

Robertson: Rev 5:14 - -- Fell down and worshipped ( epesan kai prosekunēsan ). In silent adoration that closes the whole service of praise to the One upon the throne and to...

Fell down and worshipped ( epesan kai prosekunēsan ).

In silent adoration that closes the whole service of praise to the One upon the throne and to the Lamb. As in Rev 4:10 so here the representatives of the redeemed bow in silent worship. Pliny says that the Christians sing a song to Christ as to God. He is here worshipped by the universe (Phi 2:10.).

Vincent: Rev 5:14 - -- Four and twenty Omit.

Four and twenty

Omit.

Vincent: Rev 5:14 - -- Worshipped In silent adoration.

Worshipped

In silent adoration.

Vincent: Rev 5:14 - -- Him that liveth forever and ever Omit.

Him that liveth forever and ever

Omit.

JFB: Rev 5:14 - -- So A, Vulgate, and Syriac read. But B and Coptic read, "(I heard) saying."

So A, Vulgate, and Syriac read. But B and Coptic read, "(I heard) saying."

JFB: Rev 5:14 - -- So A reads. But B reads, "the (accustomed) Amen." As in Rev 4:11, the four and twenty elders asserted God's worthiness to receive the glory, as having...

So A reads. But B reads, "the (accustomed) Amen." As in Rev 4:11, the four and twenty elders asserted God's worthiness to receive the glory, as having created all things, so here the four living creatures ratify by their "Amen" the whole creation's ascription of the glory to Him.

JFB: Rev 5:14 - -- Omitted in the oldest manuscripts: Vulgate supports it.

Omitted in the oldest manuscripts: Vulgate supports it.

JFB: Rev 5:14 - -- Omitted in all the manuscripts: inserted by commentators from Rev 4:9. But there, where the thanksgiving is expressed, the words are appropriate; but ...

Omitted in all the manuscripts: inserted by commentators from Rev 4:9. But there, where the thanksgiving is expressed, the words are appropriate; but here less so, as their worship is that of silent prostration. "Worshipped" (namely, God and the Lamb). So in Rev 11:1, "worship" is used absolutely.

Clarke: Rev 5:14 - -- The four beasts said, Amen - Acknowledged that what was attributed to Christ was his due

The four beasts said, Amen - Acknowledged that what was attributed to Christ was his due

Clarke: Rev 5:14 - -- The four and twenty elders - The word εικοσιτεσσαρες, twenty-four, is wanting in the most eminent MSS. and versions

The four and twenty elders - The word εικοσιτεσσαρες, twenty-four, is wanting in the most eminent MSS. and versions

Clarke: Rev 5:14 - -- Fell down and worshipped - Επεσαν και προσεκυνησαν· Fell down on their knees, and then prostrated themselves before the thro...

Fell down and worshipped - Επεσαν και προσεκυνησαν· Fell down on their knees, and then prostrated themselves before the throne. This is the eastern method of adoration: first, the person worshiping fell down on his knees; and then, bowing down touched the earth with his forehead. This latter act was prostration

Clarke: Rev 5:14 - -- Him that liveth for ever - This clause is wanting in ABC, thirty-seven others, Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, some copies of the Slavonic, Itala,...

Him that liveth for ever - This clause is wanting in ABC, thirty-seven others, Syriac, Arabic, Coptic, Ethiopic, some copies of the Slavonic, Itala, and Vulgate; and in Andreas, and Arethas, ancient commentators on this book. It is also wanting in some editions, and is undoubtedly spurious. Griesbach has left this and the above twenty-four out of the text

Now follow the least intelligible parts of this mysterious book, on which so much has been written, and so much in vain. It is natural for man to desire to be wise; and the more difficult the subject the more it is studied, and the hope of finding out something by which the world and the Church might be profited, has caused the most eminently learned men to employ their talents and consume their time on these abstruse prophecies. But of what use has all this learned and well-meant labor been to mankind? Can hypothesis explain prophecy, and conjecture find a basis on which faith can rest? And what have we better in all attempts hitherto made to explain the mysteries of this book?

TSK: Rev 5:14 - -- the four : Rev 19:4 And the four and : Rev 4:9-11

the four : Rev 19:4

And the four and : Rev 4:9-11

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Rev 5:14 - -- And the four beasts said, Amen - The voice of universal praise came to them from abroad, and they accorded with it, and ascribed honor to God. ...

And the four beasts said, Amen - The voice of universal praise came to them from abroad, and they accorded with it, and ascribed honor to God.

And the four and twenty elders fell down, ... - The living creatures and the elders began the work of praise Rev 5:8, and it was proper that it should conclude with them; that is, they give the last and final response (Prof. Stuart). The whole universe, therefore, is sublimely represented as in a state of profound adoration, waiting for the developments to follow on the opening of the mysterious volume. All feel an interest in it; all feel that the secret is with God; all feel that there is but One who can open this volume; and all gather around, in the most reverential posture, awaiting the disclosure of the great mystery.

The truths taught in this chapter are the following:

(1) The knowledge of the future is with God, Rev 5:1. It is as in a book held in his hand, fully written over, yet sealed with seven seals.

\caps1 (2) i\caps0 t is impossible for man or angel to penetrate the future, Rev 5:2-3. It seems to be a law of created being, that the ability to penetrate the future is placed beyond the reach of any of the faculties by which a creature is endowed. Of the past we have a record, and we can remember it; but no created being seems to have been formed with a power in reference to the future corresponding with that in reference to the past - with no faculty of foresight corresponding to memory.

\caps1 (3) i\caps0 t is natural that the mind should be deeply affected by the fact that we cannot penetrate the future, Rev 5:4. John wept in view of this; and how often is the mind borne down with heaviness in view of that fact! What things there are, there must be, in that future of interest to us! What changes there may be for us to experience; what trials to pass through; what happiness to enjoy; what scenes of glory to witness! What progress may we make in knowledge; what new friendships may we form; what new displays of the divine perfections may we witness! All our great interests are in the future - in what is to us now unknown. There is to be all the happiness which we are to enjoy, all the pain that we are to suffer; all that we hope, all that we fear. All the friends that we are to have are to be there; all the sorrows that we are to experience are to be there. Yet an impenetrable veil is set up to hide all that from our view. We cannot remove it; we cannot penetrate it. There it stands to mock all our efforts, and in all our attempts to look into the future we soon come to the barrier, and are repelled and driven back. Who has not felt his heart sad that he cannot look into what is to come?

\caps1 (4) t\caps0 he power of laying open the future to mortals has been entrusted to the Redeemer, Rev 5:5-7. It is a part of the work which was committed to him to make known to people as much as it was proper to be known. Hence, he is at once a prophet, and is the inspirer of the prophets. Hence, he came to teach people what is to be in the future pertaining to them, and hence he has caused to be recorded by the sacred writers all that is to be known of what is to come until it is slowly unfolded as events develop themselves. The Saviour alone takes the mysterious book and opens the seals; he only unrolls the volume and discloses to man what is to come.

\caps1 (5) t\caps0 he fact that he does this is the foundation of joy and gratitude for the church, Rev 5:8-10. It is impossible that the church should contemplate what the Saviour has revealed of the future without gratitude and joy; and how often, in times of persecution and trouble, has the church joyfully turned to the developments made by the Saviour of what is to be when the gospel shall spread over the world, and when truth and righteousness shall be triumphant.

\caps1 (6) t\caps0 his fact is of interest to the angelic beings, and for them also it lays the foundation of praise, Rev 5:11-12. This may arise from these causes:

(a)\caps1     f\caps0 rom the interest which they take in the church, and the happiness which they have from anything that increases its numbers or augments its joy:

(b)\caps1     f\caps0 rom the fact that in the disclosures of the future made by the Redeemer, there may be much that is new and of interest to them (compare notes on 1Pe 1:12); and,

©\caps1     f\caps0 rom the fact that they cannot but rejoice in the revelations which are made of the final triumphs of truth in the universe.

\caps1 (7) t\caps0 he universe at large has an interest in these disclosures, and the fact that they are to be made by the Redeemer lays the foundation for universal joy, Rev 5:13-14. These events pertain to all worlds, and it is proper that all the inhabitants of the universe should join in the expressions of adoration and thanksgiving. The universe is one; and what affects one portion of it really pertains to every part of it. Angels and human beings have one and the same God and Father, and may unite in the same expressions of praise.

Poole: Rev 5:13-14 - -- Ver. 13,14. The meaning of the several phrases here used, is not to be strictly and particularly examined; the sense of them all in general is, to sh...

Ver. 13,14. The meaning of the several phrases here used, is not to be strictly and particularly examined; the sense of them all in general is, to show the consent of all the angels and glorified saints, and of the whole church, in giving praise unto God, and particularly to the Lord Jesus Christ, (the Lamb), for the work of man’ s redemption; and their particular consent, that Christ is to be worshipped as the Father; and the consent and acquiescence of the whole creation in the counsel and purpose of God, and in the work of his providence, constituting Christ as the King, Priest, and Prophet of his church. And though inanimate creatures, or sensitive creatures, cannot speak, yet they are also said to join in these praises, as the glory of God shineth in them, and they, by him, shall be freed from that vanity under which they groan, Rom 8:19-21 , and enjoy something of the liberty of the sons of God; and shall all be subject and obedient unto Christ in their respective stations and orders, Phi 2:9,10 , and fulfil his will in the execution of his counsels and purposes in the government of the world, in order to the preservation of his church.

PBC: Rev 5:14 - -- God’s power, wisdom, and sovereignty is extolled in all ages by the elders (leaders) of His people.— Eld. Charles Taylor  

God’s power, wisdom, and sovereignty is extolled in all ages by the elders (leaders) of His people.— Eld. Charles Taylor  

Gill: Rev 5:14 - -- And the four beasts said, Amen,.... Giving their assent to what the angels and every creature said, and expressing their desires and wishes that so it...

And the four beasts said, Amen,.... Giving their assent to what the angels and every creature said, and expressing their desires and wishes that so it might be, and also their faith, that so it was, and would be:

and the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever; either God the Father, who sat upon the throne, and is so described, Rev 4:9; or else the Lamb who had been slain, and was now alive, and lives for evermore; or both of them, for the Alexandrian copy, the Complutensian edition, and the Syriac and Arabic versions, omit the words "him that liveth for ever and ever"; and leave it to be understood of either of them, or both; and the Ethiopic version reads, "and the elders worshipped him"; as the four living creatures and four and twenty elders led the chorus, and begun the song, so they close it, as being the persons more immediately concerned in the death and sufferings of the Lamb, and redemption by him, and in the sealed book, and in the things contained in it; the seals of which are next opened, and an account is given of them in some following chapters.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Rev 5:14 Grk “fell down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a s...

Geneva Bible: Rev 5:14 ( 16 ) And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four [and] twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever. ( 16 ) A confirma...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Rev 5:1-14 - --1 The book sealed with seven seals,9 which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open.12 Therefore the elders praise him, and confess that he rede...

MHCC: Rev 5:8-14 - --It is matter of joy to all the world, to see that God deals with men in grace and mercy through the Redeemer. He governs the world, not merely as a Cr...

Matthew Henry: Rev 5:6-14 - -- Here, I. The apostle beholds this book taken into the hands of the Lord Jesus Christ, in order to its being unsealed and opened by him. Here Christ ...

Barclay: Rev 5:13-14 - --Now the chorus of praise goes so far that it cannot go farther, for it reaches throughout the whole of the universe and the whole of creation. There...

Constable: Rev 4:1--22:6 - --III. THE REVELATION OF THE FUTURE 4:1--22:5 John recorded the rest of this book to reveal those aspects of the f...

Constable: Rev 4:1--5:14 - --A. Introduction to the judgments of the Tribulation chs. 4-5 Chapters 4 and 5 prepared John, and they pr...

Constable: Rev 5:1-14 - --2. The Lamb on the throne ch. 5 John next recorded the revelation of the sealed scroll and its r...

Constable: Rev 5:6-14 - --The worship of the Lamb 5:6-14 5:6 As with our dreams, John's vision contained some unusual features. John saw the Messiah as a Lamb.229 The Lamb is a...

College: Rev 5:1-14 - --REVELATION 5 5. The Scroll with Seven Seals (5:1) 1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who sat on the throne a scroll with writing on both sides an...

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE REVELATION OF JOHN ABOUT a.d. 95 By Way of Introduction Difficulty in the Problem Perhaps no single book in the New Testament presents so ...

JFB: Revelation (Book Introduction) AUTHENTICITY.--The author calls himself John (Rev 1:1, Rev 1:4, Rev 1:9; Rev 2:8). JUSTIN MARTYR [Dialogue with Trypho, p. 308] (A.D. 139-161) quotes ...

JFB: Revelation (Outline) TITLE: SOURCE AND OBJECT OF THIS REVELATION: BLESSING ON THE READER AND KEEPER OF IT, AS THE TIME IS NEAR: INSCRIPTION TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES: APOSTOL...

TSK: Revelation (Book Introduction) The obscurity of this prophecy, which has been urged against its genuineness, necessarily results from the highly figurative and symbolical language i...

TSK: Revelation 5 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Rev 5:1, The book sealed with seven seals, Rev 5:9, which only the Lamb that was slain is worthy to open; Rev 5:12, Therefore the elders ...

Poole: Revelation 5 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 5

MHCC: Revelation (Book Introduction) The Book of the Revelation of St. John consists of two principal divisions. 1. Relates to " the things which are," that is, the then present state of...

MHCC: Revelation 5 (Chapter Introduction) (Rev 5:1-7) A book sealed with seven seals, which could be opened by none but Christ, who took the book to open it. (Rev 5:8-14) Upon which all honou...

Matthew Henry: Revelation (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Revelation of St. John the Divine It ought to be no prejudice to the credit and authority of this b...

Matthew Henry: Revelation 5 (Chapter Introduction) In the foregoing chapter the prophetical scene was opened, in the sight and hearing of the apostle, and he had a sight of God the Creator and ruler...

Barclay: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE REVELATION OF JOHN The Strange Book When a student of the New Testament embarks upon the study of the Revelation he feels him...

Barclay: Revelation 5 (Chapter Introduction) The Roll In The Hand Of God (Rev_5:1) God's Book Of Destiny (Rev_5:2-4) The Lion Of Judah And The Root Of David (Rev_5:5) The Lamb (Rev_5:6) Musi...

Constable: Revelation (Book Introduction) Introduction Historical background The opening verses of the book state that "John" wr...

Constable: Revelation (Outline) Outline I. The preparation of the prophet ch. 1 A. The prologue of the book 1:1-8 ...

Constable: Revelation Revelation Bibliography Abbott-Smith, George. A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament. Edinburgh: T. & ...

Haydock: Revelation (Book Introduction) THE APOCALYPSE OF ST. JOHN, THE APOSTLE. INTRODUCTION. Though some in the first ages [centuries] doubted whether this book was canonical, and ...

Gill: Revelation (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION That this book was written by the Apostle and Evangelist John, is clear not only from the express mention of his name, a...

Gill: Revelation 5 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO REVELATION 5 This chapter contains the vision of the sealed book, and the opening of it by Christ, which occasions universal joy am...

College: Revelation (Book Introduction) PREFACE This commentary on the Revelation of John has been prepared for general readers of the Bible who desire to deepen their understanding of God'...

College: Revelation (Outline) OUTLINE I. PROLOGUE - 1:1-20 A. Introduction to the Prophecy - 1:1-3 B. Sender - 1:4a C. Recipients - 1:4b D. Prescript - 1:4c-5a E. ...

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