Revelation 5:8
Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
7Then he came, and he took it out of the right hand of him who sat on the throne.
Cross References
Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be set before you like incense; the lifting up of my hands like the evening sacrifice.
John 5:23that all may honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He who doesn’t honour the Son doesn’t honour the Father who sent him.
Philippians 2:9Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,
Revelation 4:4Around the throne were twenty-four thrones. On the thrones were twenty-four elders sitting, dressed in white garments, with crowns of gold on their heads.
Revelation 4:10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever, and throw 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 →