[[@page.3.7.11]][[@bible.87.7.11]]3.7.11 - Revelation [[7:11|bible.87.7.11]] 
the angels . . . and the elders
The elders are differentiated from the angels (cf. Rev. [[5:11|bible.87.5.11]]+). They are either a separate class of angelic beings (much like the living creatures), or they are redeemed men. See commentary on Revelation 4:4.the four living creatures
See commentary on Revelation 4:6.worshiped
προσεκύνησαν [prosekynēsan] : "Used to designate the custom of prostrating oneself before a person and kissing his feet, the hem of his garment, the ground, etc.; the Persians did this in the presence of their deified king, and the Greeks before a divinity."1 The frequent response of the elders and living creatures (Rev. [[4:10|bible.87.4.10]]+; [[5:14|bible.87.5.14]]+; [[11:16|bible.87.11.16]]+; [[19:4|bible.87.19.4]]+). An innumerable host worships before the throne (Rev. [[5:11|bible.87.5.11]]+).
Notes
1 Frederick William Danker, and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature (Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2000), 716.
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