Revelation 5:8

When he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and a golden bowl full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

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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

7He went and took hold of the scroll out of the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne.

9They sang a new song: 1 “You are worthy to take the scroll 2 and to open its seals. 1 For you were slaughtered, and with your blood you purchased people for God 2 from every tribe, language, people, and nation. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, 1 to God my exceeding joy. 1 I will praise you with the harp, God, my God. 1

Psalms 141:2May my prayer be like incense before you; 1 may my lifted hands be like the evening sacrifice. 1

John 5:23so that everyone will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent him.

Philippians 2:9Therefore God also highly exalted him. 1 He gave him the name that is above every name. 1

Revelation 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones, and seated on the thrones were twenty-four elders, dressed with white garments, with golden crowns on their heads.

Revelation 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne, and worship him who lives forever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne, saying, 1

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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