“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,”
The twenty-four elders fall down before the one seated on the throne and worship the one who lives forever and ever; they lay their crowns before the throne, saying — the elders' prostration (piptō) and crown-surrender enact the proper posture of all authority before God's throne; their crowns, though real (symbol of their status), are subordinate to God's sovereignty.
Church Fathers on Revelation 4:10
“The first living creature was like to a lion, and the second was like to a calf, and the third had a face like to a man, and the fourth was like to a flying eagle; and they had six wings, and round about and within they were full of eyes; and they had no rest, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord Omnipotent. And the four and twenty elders, falling down before the throne, adored God.” The four and twenty elders are the twenty-four books of the prophets and of the law, which give…
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