“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;”
Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders; they numbered myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands — the angelic multitude (myriades myriadon, ten thousand times ten thousand) exceeds finite count, suggesting innumerable celestial beings unified in worship. Their vast number underscores the cosmic significance of the Lamb's enthronement.
Church Fathers on Revelation 5:11
“Twenty-four elders and four living creatures, having harps and phials, and singing a new song.” The proclamation of the Old Testament associated with the New, points out the Christian people singing a new song, that is, bearing their confession publicly. It is a new thing that the Son of God should become man. It is a new thing to ascend into the heavens with a body. It is a new thing to give remission of sins to men. It is a new thing for men to be sealed with the Holy…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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