Discovery BoxRevelation 4:9 
Context4:9 And whenever the living creatures give glory, honor, 1 and thanks to the one who sits on the throne, who lives forever and ever,
Revelation 6:1
Context6:1 I looked on when the Lamb opened one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying with a thunderous voice, 2 “Come!” 3
Revelation 15:7
Context15:7 Then 4 one of the four living creatures gave the seven angels seven golden bowls filled with the wrath 5 of God who lives forever and ever,
Revelation 19:4
Context19:4 The twenty-four elders and the four living creatures threw themselves to the ground 6 and worshiped God, who was seated on the throne, saying: “Amen! Hallelujah!”
1 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated since English normally uses a coordinating conjunction only between the last two elements in a series of three or more.
2 tn Grk “saying like a voice [or sound] of thunder.”
3 tc The addition of “and see” (καὶ ἴδε or καὶ βλέπε [kai ide or kai blepe]) to “come” (ἔρχου, ercou) in 6:1, 3-5, 7 is a gloss directed to John, i.e., “come and look at the seals and the horsemen!” But the command ἔρχου is better interpreted as directed to each of the horsemen. The shorter reading also has the support of the better witnesses.
4 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the vision.
5 tn Or “anger.”
6 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.”
