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And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;
Revelation 5:11 — KJV
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Revelation 5:11
King James Version (KJV)
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Commentary on Revelation 5:11
Theological / DevotionalMany angels. In response to the testimony of the 4 beasts and the 24 elders, the hosts of heaven join in acclaiming the worthiness of the Lamb. Thus God is vindicated before the angels, who, since the first accusations of Satan in heaven, have not fully understood His action in banishing Satan and saving men.
The beasts. See on ch. 4:6. These living creatures take part in the acclamation of praise to God (ch. 5:12), which expresses appreciation for the death of Christ.
Ten thousand. This is evidently not meant to be a literal number, but rather implies numberless hosts. It is probably drawn from Dan. 7:10, and may be compared with a passage in the pseudepigraphical book of Enoch (see Vol. V, p. 87), ch. 14:22: “ten thousand times ten thousand (stood) before Him” (R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, vol. 2, p. 197). See Heb. 12:22.
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