Revelation 4:10

4:10 the twenty-four elders throw themselves to the ground ¹  before the one who sits on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever, and they offer their crowns ²  before his ³  throne, saying:

Revelation 10:6

10:6 and swore by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay! ⁴ 

Revelation 12:11

12:11 But ⁵  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ⁶  so much that they were afraid to die.

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¹ tn Grk “the twenty-four elders fall down.” BDAG 815 s.v. πίπτω 1.b.α.ב. has “fall down, throw oneself to the ground as a sign of devotion or humility, before high-ranking persons or divine beings.”

² sn See the note on the word crown in Rev 3:11.

³ tn The pronoun “his” is understood from the demonstrative force of the article τοῦ (tou) before θρόνου (qronou).

⁴ tn On this phrase see BDAG 1092 s.v. χρόνος.

⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

⁶ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.