8And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. …
Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: …
The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 is described, 1. By his place and station: In the midst of the throne, and of the four beasts, and of the elders . He was on the same throne with the Father; he was nearer to him than either the elders or ministers of the churches. Christ, as man and M…
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