Revelation 5:8

and when he had taken it the four creatures and the twenty-four elders prostrated themselves before the Lamb, each of them holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense. (These are the prayers of Christ’s people.)

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

And 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.

In Context

7The Lamb came forward. He took the book from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,

9And they are singing a new song – ‘You are worthy to take the book and break its seals, for you were sacrificed, and with your blood you did buy for God people of every tribe, and language, and people, and nation,

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Cross References

Psalms 43:4Then will I go to God’s altar, to God my rejoicing; and with joy on the lyre I will praise you, O God, my God.

Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be presented as incense before you, and my uplifted hands as the evening meal-offering.

John 5:23so that everyone may honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. The person who does not honour the Son fails to honour the Father who sent him.

Philippians 2:9And that is why God raised him to the very highest place, and gave him the name which stands above all other names,

Revelation 4:4And around the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and on these I saw twenty-four elders sitting clothed in white robes; and on their heads they had crowns of gold.

Revelation 4:10the twenty-four elders prostrate themselves before him who is seated on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever, and throw down their crowns before the throne, saying –

Matthew Henry on Revelation 5:7-14

The Sealed Book. ( a. d. 95.) 6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. 7 And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne. 8 And 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… Read the whole commentary →

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