In<n id="1" /> a circle around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on those thrones were twenty-four elders. They were<n id="2" /> dressed in white clothing and had golden crowns<n id="3" /> on their heads.

They took soundings<n id="1" /> and found the water was twenty fathoms<n id="2" /> deep; when they had sailed a little farther<n id="3" /> they took soundings again and found it was fifteen fathoms<n id="4" /> deep.

And let us not be immoral, as some of them were, and twenty-three thousand died in a single day.<n id="1" />

Then, when they had rowed about three or four miles,<n id="1" /> they caught sight of Jesus walking on the lake,<n id="2" /> approaching the boat, and they were frightened.

In those days<n id="1" /> Peter stood up among the believers<n id="2" /> (a gathering of about one hundred and twenty people) and said,

<p class="bodytext">Then<n id="1" /> the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground<n id="2" /> and worshiped God

The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: &#8220;Amen! Hallelujah!&#8221;p>

Or what king, going out to confront another king in battle, will not sit down<n id="1" /> first and determine whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose<n id="2" /> the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns<n id="2" /> before his<n id="3" /> throne, saying:p>

and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground<n id="1" /> before the Lamb. Each<n id="2" /> of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).<n id="3" />