And all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshiped God,
And all the angels stood round about the throne – notes on Rev 5:11.
And about the elders – notes on Rev 4:4.
And the four beasts – notes on Rev 4:6. The meaning is, that the angels stood in the outer circle, or outside of the elders and the four living creatures. The redeemed, it is manifest, occupied the inner circle, and were near the throne, though their precise location is not mentioned. The angels sympathize with the church redeemed and triumphant, as they did with the church in its conflicts and trials, and they now appropriately unite with that church in adoring and praising God. They see in that redemption new displays of the character of God, and they rejoice that that church is rescued from its troubles, and is now brought triumphant to heaven.
And fell before the throne on their faces – The usual position of profound adoration, Rev 4:10; Rev 5:8.
And worshipped God – notes on Rev 5:11-12.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Rev 7:11-12
All the angels stood round about the throne.
The existence and employment of the holy angels
I. The existence of angels. To what purpose discourse to us concerning the inhabitants of a world future, remote, and of which our ideas are very confused? Let us rather attend to the world in which we live, and to them that dwell therein. It would be perfectly right so to do if the world in which we live were the only one with which we were connected, and death the final period of our existence. But if there be another world which is to receive us for ever, the existence of its inhabitants becomes a speculation both pleasing and important. This state of our being, you say, is future. It is so to-day, but before to-morrow it may be present to some. You say it is remote. That by no means appears. It may not be far from every one of us. The spiritual and eternal world, into which we are, at a destined hour, to be born, may be, like its Divine Maker and King, near us, and round about us, in a manner of which we are not aware, nor shall be, till we enter it. But our ideas of this future world are confused and indeterminate. We have the Divine assurance of Gods Word that such a world exists. But the truth is, that whatever ideas of a future and invisible world may be, at certain times, impressed upon our minds, they are presently effaced by a tide of business or pleasure, and stand, therefore, in need of being continually renewed. Now, what can do this so effectually as frequent meditations on the blessed inhabitants of that world, the holy angels? We love to recollect a place, by the circumstance of those friends we have in it. By thinking of them, we are led to think of the place where they are, and learn to love and desire it the more. An intercourse is by this means opened, a correspondence established, between heaven and earth.
II. Their nature and condition. Angels are spirits. Not formed of the same gross materials, they are free from the inconveniences we feel, the temptations and sufferings to which we are subject. Their appearance is glorious as the light of heaven; and their motion, like that, rapid, and, as it were, instantaneous. The contemplation of so many excellent and happy beings opens our understandings, and enlarges our conceptions of the Creators power and goodness. But if we ourselves are miserable, what benefit, it will be asked, can result to us from contemplating the happiness of others? Will not our misery be rather aggravated than alleviated by it? We do not cease to be wretched upon earth because the angels are otherwise in heaven. Redeemed by the Son of God, leave off, O man, to complain! Wait but for a little while in faith and patience, and their happiness shall be yours.
III. The perfect service, ready and unlimited obedience by them, paid to their almighty creator. Their felicity does not consist in freedom and independence. Like the lightnings, which say, Here we are, they are represented as waiting before the throne, ready, at the Divine command, to fly to the extremities of the world. Nor are the angels more exact in loyalty to their King than in preserving due subordination in their several ranks and under their respective leaders, without which peace could not be in heaven any more than on earth.
IV. The benevolence and charity of the holy angels; the love they have always shown for man, and the services by them rendered to him. And here a scene opens worthy of all admiration, gratitude, and praise, for never do those blessed spirits obey with greater delight the commands of their Maker than when mankind is the subject of those commands; so deeply, from the beginning, have they interested themselves in our welfare. (Bishop Home.)
Fuente: Biblical Illustrator Edited by Joseph S. Exell
Verse 11. All the angels, &c.] As there is joy in the presence of God among these holy spirits when one sinner repents, no wonder that they take such an interest in the gathering together of such innumerable multitudes who are fully saved from their sins.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
And all the angels stood round about the throne; the good angels, who always in heaven behold the face of their and our heavenly Father.
And about the elders; and about the twenty-four elders, mentioned Rev 4:4.
And the four beasts; and the living creatures, mentioned Rev 4:6.
And fell before the throne on their faces; the angels, elders, and living creatures, all fall down on their faces, in a reverential sense of the infinite distance between them and their Creator.
And worshipped God; thus paying an homage to God fitted to their glorified state, in consideration of his excellency.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
11. The angels, as in Re5:11, in their turn take up the anthem of praise. There it was”many angels,” here it is “all theangels.”
stood“werestanding” [ALFORD].
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
And all the angels stood round about the throne,…. The holy and elect angels, even all of them, the ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands, the innumerable company of them, who are represented in the same position; [See comments on Re 5:11];
and [about] the elders, and the four beasts; the churches and ministers; yea, round about the great multitude before mentioned, the camp of the saints, and the beloved city; whose guardians they will be, and to whom they will always be ministering spirits.
And fell before the throne on their faces: in token of submission and reverence:
and worshipped God; by celebrating the perfections of his nature, and ascribing to him the glory of all his works.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Were standing (). Past perfect active of intransitive and used like an imperfect as in Joh 19:25.
Round about (). Preposition (in a circle) with genitive as in Rev 4:6; Rev 5:11. The angels here rejoice in the salvation of men (Luke 15:7; Luke 15:10; 1Pet 1:12).
Upon their faces ( ). In reverential worship of God as in 11:16. For this worship (fell and worshipped) see also Rev 4:10; Rev 5:14; Rev 11:16; Rev 19:4; Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8. The dative (God) with (to worship) is the usual construction for that meaning. When it means merely to do homage the accusative case is usual in this book (Charles). But in the Fourth Gospel the reverse order is true as to the cases with (Abbott, Joh. Vocab. pp. 138-142).
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Stood [] . Rev., more correctly, were standing. The tense is the pluperfect, used in this verb as an imperfect.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “And all the angels stood round about the throne,” (kai pantes hoi angeloi heistekeisan kuklo tou thronou) “And all the angels stood round about or encircling the (central) throne,” where God the Father is reigning; Col 3:1; Heb 1:3; Rom 8:34. Where the resurrected and raptured redeemed had now been gathered while latter tribulation judgments fell on the earth, 1Th 4:13-18; Heb 9:28.
2) “And about the elders and the four beasts,” (kai ton presbuteron kai ton tessaron zoon) “And the elders (twenty and four) and the four living creatures; note, it appears that Michael and his angels just stood up for and sealed the earthly servants of God (144,000) against death in the coming 12 mo. of the tribulation, Dan 12:1; overcome Satan and cast him and his demons out from their accusing admission to heaven, so that he can enter no more, Rev 12:7-12; 1Th 4:13-18 and the good angels join the people of God before the throne, Rev 4:9-10.
3) “And fell before the throne,” (kai epesan enopison tou thronou) “And they (the angels) fell before the(facing) the throne;” in worship, adoration, as a dog before his master, a slave before his owner, as a criminal before the executioner, to whom he owes his life, his all, Rev 5:11.
4) “On their faces,” (epi ta prosopa auton) “Upon their faces,” or “face down”, in total, absolute, final surrender, offering of themselves and their all in service and praise of God on his throne and Jesus at his right hand.
5) “And worshipped God,” (kai prosekunesan to theo) “And worshipped God,” to or toward God; Both the innumerable of the redeemed and the innumerable angels of heaven, servants and ministers of God, and of the saved, Heb 1:14; joined in surrender to and worship of God, as John formerly beheld them, represented before the throne by the (1) four living creatures, and (2) by the 24 elders, Rev 4:1 to Rev 5:14.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(11) And all the angels . . .Translate, And all the angels were standing round the throne, and the elders, and the four living beings . . . saying, Amen. The great concourse of angelsthose among whom there has been joy in heaven when a sinner has repentednow add their Amen to the cry of the redeemed, and then raise the seven-fold ascription of praise
Amen!
The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom,
And the thanksgiving,
And the honour, and the power, and the strength,
(Is) unto our God Unto the ages of the ages.
Amen!
The seven-fold form of the doxology, which implies a divine completeness, is appropriate to this vision, which shows us the close of the Churchs agony, and is in itself a slight indication that the view which would limit the seals to some short period of Church history is incorrect, as it is assuredly inadequate.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
c. Surrounding circle of ANGELS; with song, Rev 7:11-12 .
11. All the angels Of Rev 5:11.
Stood Literally, Greek pluperfect, had stood; had been standing all the time while the seer was contemplating the great multitude, so that as he awakes from that reverie this angel throng break on his view as a sort of sublime surprise. The theophanic court is filled with the multitude, and then in larger circle the angel band surrounds the whole. It must have been with a very keen, intuitive eye that our seer could recognise the enfoldings of so many visions.
On their faces It was no decorous bow, no solemn kneel, but a total prostration, with their foreheads touching the celestial ground.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
‘And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and round the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God saying, “Amen. Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power and might be to our God for ever and ever. Amen”.’
This sevenfold praise by the angels is parallel to that in the earlier chapter (Rev 5:12) except that ‘riches’ have been replaced by ‘thanksgiving’, and the order of the words has changed. In Rev 5:12 the praise was offered to the Lamb. The ‘riches’ there were what He had bought through His cross, ‘the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints’ (Eph 1:18), ‘the exceeding riches of His grace’ (Eph 2:7). This is therefore changed here to thanksgiving to the One Who has bestowed these riches on Him now that the inheritance is realised.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Rev 7:11-12 . All the angels, [2335] in response, continue the ascription of praise, Rev 7:10 .
, . . . They stood already (“had stationed themselves”) during the scene described in Rev 7:9-10 ; now they fall down. [2336]
. The angels, first of all, conclude man’s song of praise, Rev 7:10 , [2337] in order then, in their own way, to carry it farther: , . . . This doxology is formally distinguished from that in Rev 5:12 by the fact that in this passage every particular item appears distinctly marked by the article attached as being in complete independence. Beng. remarks, arbitrarily, that the sevenfold ascription of praise has in view the seven trumpets, and therefore in the trumpet of the first angel, , and in that of the second angel, , prevails, etc. With equal arbitrariness, Hengstenb.: the , which concludes Rev 5:12 , here precedes as a sign that the present ascription of praise is connected with the former, but what a distance between Rev 5:12 and Rev 7:12 ! The particular explanation of Grot. on Rev 7:11 : “For both the apostles who were at Jerusalem, and the elders, had gone forth together,” in connection with his reference of Rev 7:9 sqq. to the multitude of Christians in Syria, is to be understood only when his observations on Rev 4:4 ; Rev 4:6 sqq., are recalled.
[2335] Cf. Rev 5:11 , where, in a similar way, an innumerable multitude appears.
[2336] Cf. Rev 5:14 , Rev 11:16 .
[2337] C. a Lap., Beng., Heinr., Ew., Hengstenb.
Fuente: Heinrich August Wilhelm Meyer’s New Testament Commentary
11 And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
Ver. 11. And all the angels ] See Trapp on “ Rev 5:11 “
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
11, 12 .] The choir of angels, as in ch. Rev 5:11 , respond to the ascription of praise. And all the angels were standing ( is in sense imperfect, just as is in sense present: this latter importing “I have placed myself,” = “I stand,” and the former “I had placed myself,” = “I was standing”) round the throne and the elders and the four living-beings, and fell before the throne on their faces (then they were in the vision in the similitude of men) and worshipped God, saying, Amen: the blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honour and the power and the might (observe the sevenfold ascription) be to our God unto the ages of the ages. Amen .
Fuente: Henry Alford’s Greek Testament
Rev 7:11-12 . The angels standing around once again adore God, catching up the previous praise with “Amen,” and uttering a sevenfold ascription of praise upon their own behalf, closed with another “Amen”. The article is repeated before each substitute, as in Rev 5:13 . The divine “wisdom” is shown in the means devised by the divine power to redeem (Rev 5:12 ) and deliver (Rev 7:14 ) men, in straits where no human prudence could prevail. See Clem. Rom. 60. and Ps. Sol. 17:25.
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
stood = were standing.
worshipped. App-137.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
11, 12.] The choir of angels, as in ch. Rev 5:11, respond to the ascription of praise. And all the angels were standing ( is in sense imperfect, just as is in sense present: this latter importing I have placed myself, = I stand, and the former I had placed myself, = I was standing) round the throne and the elders and the four living-beings, and fell before the throne on their faces (then they were in the vision in the similitude of men) and worshipped God, saying, Amen: the blessing and the glory and the wisdom and the thanksgiving and the honour and the power and the might (observe the sevenfold ascription) be to our God unto the ages of the ages. Amen.
Fuente: The Greek Testament
Rev 7:11. , all) This word is not yet found in ch. Rev 5:11 [where mention is made of many angels, not all].-V. g.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
Rev 7:11-12
4. ANGELS JOIN IN PRAISE
Rev 7:11-12
11 And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures; –In: verse 11 we learn that there were many angels round about the throne. As the place of the visions has not been changed, doubtless they are the angels referred to in this paragraph. The elders and living creatures are also mentioned in both texts.
and they fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, 12 saying,–Jesus said, “there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.” (Luk 15:10.) In the words of this paragraph we have, in a symbolic picture, a demonstration of their rejoicing with the saved, which indicates the final joy when all the redeemed shall get home.
Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.–The “Amen” affirms that the things to be said are most certainly true. Being repeated at the end of the sentence adds emphasis to the assertion. God has glory, wisdom, power, and might and deserves to be thanked for his wonderful blessings; in short, all things good can be ascribed to God as their source, both by angels and men.
Commentary on Rev 7:11-12 by Foy E. Wallace
The angelic proclamation-Rev 7:11-12.
In the acknowledgment of this salvation all of the angels were standing about the throne and about the twenty-four elders and the four creature-beings. Together encircling the throne they prostrated their angelic forms before it, and said Amen, to the voice of the multitude which had ascribed salvation unto God and unto the Lamb.
Reference to all the angels does not mean all angels in heaven, but all the angels in this vision, beginning in the fourth chapter. After saying Amen to the acknowledgments of salvation by the multitude, they repeated the doxology of Rev 5:12, with the exception of the omission of riches, inserting thanksgiving and substituting might for strength. For comments on the seven-fold attributes thus ascribed to God and to the Lamb refer to Rev 5:11-13.
Commentary on Rev 7:11-12 by Walter Scott
THE ANSWER OF THE ANGELIC HOST.
Rev 7:11-12. – And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell before the throne upon their faces and worshipped God, saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and strength to our God, to the ages of ages. Amen. We have two distinct heavenly scenes in which the throne is the central figure here, and in chapter 5: 11, 12. In both scenes the angels form the outer circle around the throne. In these beatific visions we have the doxology of the angelic host in a sevenfold ascription of worship. In the former scene (Rev 5:11-12) the Lamb is the object of praise; in the latter vision (Rev 7:11-12) God is the object of adoration. The position of the angels in both scenes is around the throne, while the elders and living creatures form inner circles. The order in which these last, i.e., the elders and living ones, are presented differs in the two scenes. In the earlier one the elders form the innermost circle; in the later the living creatures are nearest the throne. The difference is easily accounted for. In the former the Lamb is in immediate view and the redeemed in Heaven (the elders) naturally gather around Him; whereas in the latter vision, God sitting on His throne, the symbol of universal sovereignty, would account for the near place of the living creatures who represent the executive authority of the throne. The Gentile crowd on earth had ascribed salvation to our God, but He is also the God of angels; hence they, too, in their place in the heavens say our God. To the cry of the exultant redeemed the angels, which are as countless as the redeemed host on earth, in whom they are so deeply interested, fall down and worship, saying, Amen. How profound their worship may be gathered somewhat from their position, they fell down upon their faces. The cry of the multitude is answered by the angels Amen. The terms in the angelic doxology differ in their order from that contained in chapter 5. There the last two terms, glory and blessing, are the first named in our chapter. There riches, here instead is thanksgiving. (W. Kelly, F. B. Hooper, Bishop Ellicott, and others in their respective works on the Apocalypse read verse 12 with the definite article before each noun, thus: The blessing, and the glory, and the wisdom, and the thanksgiving, and the honour, and the power, and the strength. Says an able writer: The force of the article is to express each quality in its highest degree and excellence.)
The two redeemed companies on earth in our chapter are the elect of Israel and the white-robed multitude of Gentiles. The companies in Heaven are the angels, the elders, and the living creatures. Neither of the last two take part in the celebration of praise. This is confined to the Gentile crowd on earth, and to the angels in Heaven. The special object of the whole passage (Rev 7:9-17) is the relation of the palm-bearing multitude to God and to the Lamb. This really is the burden of their cry, which the angels fully own by adding their Amen. (The first Amen is the answer to the cry of the saved multitude. The second Amen is a confirmation of the truth of their own praise.) The relation of the elders and living ones to God is disclosed in chapters 4 and 5, and hence in those portions their worship is appropriately introduced, not here.
Commentary on Rev 7:11-12 by E.M. Zerr
Rev 7:11. The angels stood round about the throne and in the presence of the elders and the four living creatures as a mark of respect. But when they performed their homage of worship it was before the throne unto God.
Rev 7:12. Saying, Amen. Thayer says that at the beginning of a discourse the word means, “Surely, of a truth, truly.” Thus the angels were announcing that they were about to utter something that would surely be the truth, namely, that all the good qualities mentioned in the verse should truly be ascribed to God. The declaration was made emphatic still more by closing it with Amen.
Commentary on Rev 7:11-12 by Burton Coffman
Rev 7:11
And all the angels were standing round about the throne, and about the elders and the four living creatures; and they fell down before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
All the angels … round about the throne … All things in heaven and upon earth shall at last join in the hymn of universal praise to God in Christ, summing up all things in Christ, “the things in the heavens, and the things upon the earth” (Eph 1:10).
Elders and the four living creatures … What is said above regarding the angels applies equally to these beings also.
Rev 7:12
saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Amen … Amen … This usage of such an expression both to introduce and to close this sevenfold doxology is most impressive. See further comment on the use of “Amen” in this prophecy under Rev 5:12 f, above. The great doxology here is similar to the one recorded there.
Unto our God … does not exclude either Christ or the Holy Spirit, but is inclusive of the entire Godhead.
Commentary on Rev 7:11-12 by Manly Luscombe
11 All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped GodAll the angels are around the throne. Inside of them are the 24 elders. In a closer circle around the throne of God are the four living creatures. They worshipped God.
12 saying: Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom, Thanksgiving and honor and power and might, Be to our God forever and ever. Amen. They offer a 7-fold blessing1. Blessing, 2. Glory, 3. Wisdom , 4. Thanksgiving, 5. Honor,6. Power, and 7. Might. All of this praise and adoration belong to God. Notice that this blessing begins and ends with Amen. The word amen means, I am in agreement; may it be so; so be it. Today, the word more often means, I have finished; the end. Here it was used at the beginning of the worship. Here again we have a 7 that has a natural division into a 3 plus 4. The first three – Blessing, Glory, Wisdom – are attributes of God in the Divine realm. The number 3 represents God, the trinity, and the spiritual world. The last four – Thanksgiving, Honor, Power, Might – are ways in which we recognize the majesty of God in the material world. The number 4 is the number of the physical and material world. The Christians were seeking to give thanks to God. They were also looking for ways in which they could honor His name in an evil world. They were also praying for His power and might to intervene in this time of terrible persecution.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
The Joyous Service of the White-robed Throng
Rev 7:11-17
No nation has a monopoly of saints. No tribe is unrepresented. No language is so rude that its children may not learn the speech of heaven. The theology of heaven attributes salvation to God as its source through Jesus as its medium. Palm branches symbolize victory and the white robes, transfiguring purity. His raiment became white and dazzling, Luk 9:29, r.v. Thus it was spoken of the transfigured Christ. Notice that sevenfold doxology! The visions of the saved shall awaken new joy in the angelic hosts, but how much more in the heart of Christ!
When we stand face to face with an inexplicable mystery, how comforting it is to be able to say in perfect faith, Thou knowest! Tribulation, whether it stands for our private afflictions or for some great crisis of martyrdom, is left behind forever. It should never be forgotten, however, that we are not saved by our sufferings but by His. The blessedness of heaven consists in the unveiled presence of God, in unbroken service, and in safety because God will spread His tabernacle over us. This exquisite description of the future life consists largely of negatives, because the positive defies human speech. No scorching trial, no fear, no want, no finality, because the Lamb will conduct our eternal progress deeper and deeper into heaven.
Fuente: F.B. Meyer’s Through the Bible Commentary
angels (See Scofield “Heb 1:4”).
beasts living creatures. (See Scofield “Eze 1:5”).
Fuente: Scofield Reference Bible Notes
all: Rev 4:6, Rev 5:11-13, Rev 19:4-6, Psa 103:20, Psa 103:21, Psa 148:1, Psa 148:2
and fell: Rev 11:16
and worshipped: Rev 4:10, Rev 15:4, Rev 19:4, Rev 22:9, Psa 45:11, Psa 97:7, Mat 4:10, Joh 5:23, Heb 1:6
Reciprocal: Lev 9:24 – they shouted Num 14:5 – General Neh 8:6 – with their faces Psa 69:34 – Let Isa 6:2 – stood 1Co 4:9 – and to men 2Th 1:10 – to be glorified Rev 4:4 – four and twenty Rev 4:9 – when Rev 15:3 – and the song Rev 22:1 – proceeding
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rev 7:11. The angels stood round about the throne and in the presence of the elders and the four living creatures as a mark of respect. But when they performed their homage of worship it was before the throne unto God.
Rev 7:12. Saying, Amen. Thayer says that at the beginning of a discourse the word means, “Surely, of a truth, truly.” Thus the angels were announcing that they were about to utter something that would surely be the truth, namely, that all the good qualities mentioned in the verse should truly be ascribed to God. The declaration was made emphatic still more by closing it with Amen.
Comments by Foy E. Wallace
Verses 11-12.
The angelic proclamation–Rev 7:11-12.
In the acknowledgment of this salvation all of the angels were standing about the throne and about the twenty-four elders and the four creature-beings. Together encircling the throne they prostrated their angelic forms before it, and said Amen, to the voice of the multitude which had ascribed salvation unto God and unto the Lamb.
Reference to “all the angels” does not mean all angels in heaven, but all the angels in this vision, beginning in the fourth chapter. After saying Amen to the acknowledgments of salvation by the multitude, they repeated the doxology of Rev 5:12, with the exception of the omission of “riches,” inserting thanksgiving and substituting might for “strength.” For comments on the seven-fold attributes thus ascribed to God and to the Lamb refer to Rev 5:11-13.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Rev 7:11-12. The angels spoken of in these verses must be the same as those at chap. Rev 5:11, although it may be worthy of notice that the other beings in the neighbourhood of the throne are here arranged in a different order,the living creatures of chap. Rev 5:11 there taking precedence of the elders, while in the words before us the order is reversed. In the one case the throne is looked at from its outer circle to its centre, in the other from its centre to its outer circle. In the first passage also it is not said of the angels that they fell before the throne on their faces. This trait is probably now added because a higher manifestation of Gods purposes has been reached. Here, as there, the doxology is sevenfold, but the words and the order differ. The doxology of the angels includes no mention of the Lamb, for angels had not been loosed from their sins in His blood (chap. Rev 1:5). The vision thus given is so important that an explanation is subjoined.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Upon seeing the redeemed praising God for their salvation, the angels, 24 elders and four beasts join in. They say “be it so” and praise God with seven different expressions followed by another “be it so.”
Fuente: Gary Hampton Commentary on Selected Books
Other angels, beside the four living beasts and the 24 elders, gathered around the throne. The angelic host assembled joined these Tribulation saints in prostrating themselves before God in worship (cf. Luk 15:8-10).