four and twenty. See App-10 and App-197.
seats. thrones, as Revelation 4:2. See Revelation 1:4.
saw. The texts omit.
elders. Greek. presbuteros. These are evidently heavenly beings, "a pattern" after which David arranged his twenty-four courses of the sons of Aaron (1 Chronicles 24:3-5).
they had. The texts omit.
crowns of gold. The only other wearer is the Son of Man (Revelation 14:14),. fact which proves the exalted station of these "elders".