Discovery BoxRevelation 11:16 
Context11:16 Then 1 the twenty-four elders who are seated on their thrones before God threw themselves down with their faces to the ground 2 and worshiped God
Revelation 19:4
Context19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground 3 and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”
Revelation 19:21
Context19:21 The 4 others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged 5 themselves with their flesh.
1 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
2 tn Grk “they fell down on their faces.” 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.”
3 tn Grk “creatures fell 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.”
4 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.
5 tn On the translation of ἐχορτάσθησαν (ecortasqhsan) BDAG 1087 s.v. χορτάζω 1.a states, “of animals, pass. in act. sense πάντα τὰ ὄρνεα ἐχορτάσθησαν ἐκ τῶν σαρκῶν αὐτῶν all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh Rv 19:21 (cp. TestJud. 21:8).”
