Revelation 11:16 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, ”

• Revelation 11:16 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And the four and twenty elders which sat ... - See the notes on Revelation 4:4 . Fell upon their faces, and worshipped God - Prostrated themselves before him - the usual form of profound ado...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (29) And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, (29) As before in ( Revelation 7:11 ). This giving of thanks is altogether of the...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Seventh Trumpet and the Third Woe. The story which was broken off at Revelation 9:21 is now resumed. The seventh trumpet heralds the approach of the Kingdom of Christ. Revelation 11:15 ....

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• Revelation 11:16 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sat . sit. on. App-104. seats . thrones. fell, &c. See Revelation 4:10 .

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• Revelation 11:16 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 2512 THE REIGN OF CHRIST ON EARTH Revelation 11:15-17 . And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdom...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, The four and twenty elders - The representatives of the universal Church of Christ. See...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  The seventh angel sounded, &c.— At the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the third woe commences; which is rather implied than expressed, as it will be described more fully hereafter. The thir...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Before God. So A C, Vulgate, Coptic; B, Syriac, read, 'before the throne...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Two Witnesses. The Seventh Trumpet 1-14. Second episode. There is much difference of opinion as to the meaning of this vision. Perhaps the key may be found in the parallelism of the book. Ther...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 r...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER VIII. SECOND CONSOLATORY VISION AND THE SEVENTH TRUMPET. Revelation 11:1-19 . FROM the first consolatory vision we proceed to the second: - "And there was given unto me a reed like unt...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  “He Shall Reign For Ever and Ever” Revelation 11:14-19 ; Revelation 12:1-6 The kingdom is even now Christ's, but it is hidden, even as He is. One day it will be manifested. For a long time Dav...

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• Revelation 11:16 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  John is called on to measure the temple. In such measurements the court of the Gentiles is not to be recognized. It shows God dealing with the world through His chosen people. The account of the two...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (15) And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign forever and ev...

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• Revelation 11:16 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And the four and twenty elders ,.... The same with those in Revelation 4:4 ; which sat before God on their seats ; as they are also there described; and which may be expressive of their enjoyment...

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• Revelation 11:16 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And the four and twenty elders, which sat before God on their seats, fell upon their faces, and worshipped God, Ver. 16. And the four and twenty elders ] See Trapp on " Rev 4:9 "

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• Revelation 11:16 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And the seventh angel sounded , &c. With the sounding of this angel, the third wo commences, which is rather implied than expressed, as it will be described more fully hereafter. The third wo...

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• Revelation 11:16 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  We have seen under the sixth trumpet the desolating invasion of Israel by the King of the North, which takes place because of Israel's idolatrous image of the Beast set up in the temple at the middle...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Seventh Trumpet. A. D.  95.       14 The second woe is past; and, behold, the third woe comet...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I take this to signify no more than the triumph of the saints and angels in heaven upon this victory of the Lord over antichrist, and the promoting of Christ's kingdom; and certainly if there be joy...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And the twenty four elders who sat before God on their thrones fell on their faces and worshipped God, saying, “We give thanks Oh Lord God, the Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken y...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  THE FATE OF JERUSALEM AND ITS TEMPLE CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES THE paragraph, Revelation 11:1-13 , gives the contents of the “little book,” which are in part joyful and in part bitter. The...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Revelation 11:1 . There was given me a reed like unto a rod to measure the temple of God, the new-testament church. The prophet of old had a similar vision, and all the prophets spake of the enlar...

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• Revelation 11:16 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Rise, and measure the temple of God. The living temple of Christ’s Church and the two witnesses of the Word written and the sacraments The temple and altar, and them that worshipped therein, we...

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• Revelation 11:16 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Revelation 11:1 And there was given me a reed like unto a rod. We are not told by whom the reed is given, but in Revelation 21:1-66 . the angel has the reed, and so also in...

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• Revelation 11:16 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The sounding of the seventh trumpet:

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• Revelation 11:16 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Revelation 19:4 ; Revelation 4:10 ; Revelation 4:4 ; Revelation 5:14 ; Revelation 5:5-8 ; Revelation 7:11

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• Revelation 11:16 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  The Two Witnesses Revelation 10:1-11 and Revelation 11:1-19 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction to the study of the eleventh chapter of Revelation we wish to say a word about the t...

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• Revelation 11:16 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  And the four and twenty elders — These shall reign over the earth, Revelation 5:10 . Who sit before God on their thrones — which we do not read of any angel.

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