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Revelation 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary on Revelation 11:16

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

And the four and twenty elders. "The elders" represent the Church (see on ); they are those who were made "a kingdom" (); they therefore fitly take up the burden of praise to him who has now established his universal and everlasting kingdom.

Which sat before God on their seats; which sit before God on their thrones (Revised Version). Thus they are described in . Fell upon their faces, and worshipped God. (So also in ; ; .

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