And the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty elders fell down and worshipped him that liveth for ever and ever.
Ver. 14. And the four beasts] The saints were the precentors in this blessed choir, and now they are the succentors also,Revelation 14:3. They began the song, and so conclude it, as having far greater benefit by Christ than all other creatures, and God expects a proportion, that our returns be somewhat answerable to our receipts. (Sarson.) The saints upon earth sing a new (that is, an excellent) song in the honour of Christ,Revelation 5:9,10. Heaven answers as by an echo, the music upon earth in the mean time continuing,Revelation 5:11,12 (where note that this song of angels putteth Christ in the third person; he took not upon him the nature of angels, he is nearer to us); all creatures come in as the chorus, Revelation 5:13, and as man began, so he ends the anthem, Revelation 5:14 .