Rev 11:16 | RWP | e4.org | The four and twenty elders ( ο εικοσ τεσσαρες πρεσβυτερο ). They follow the living creatures (verse , if correctly interpreted) in their adoration, as in . Though seated on thrones of their own ( ), yet they fall upon their faces in every act of worship to God and Christ ( ; , ; ). Here επ τα προσωπα αυτων (upon their faces) is added as in about the angels. The elders here again represent the redeemed, as the four living creatures the forces of nature, in the great thanksgiving here ( ευχαριστουμεν , present active indicative of ευχαριστεω ).

‏ Revelation of John 11:16

The four and twenty elders ( ο εικοσ τεσσαρες πρεσβυτερο ). They follow the living creatures (verse 15, if correctly interpreted) in their adoration, as in 4:9ff. Though seated on thrones of their own (4:4), yet they fall upon their faces in every act of worship to God and Christ (4:10; 5:8, 14; 19:4). Here επ τα προσωπα αυτων (upon their faces) is added as in 7:11 about the angels. The elders here again represent the redeemed, as the four living creatures the forces of nature, in the great thanksgiving here ( ευχαριστουμεν, present active indicative of ευχαριστεω ).