Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Every created thing (pan ktisma). Every creature in a still wider antiphonal circle beyond the circle of angels (from ktizw, for which see I Timothy 4:4; James 1:18), from all the four great fields of life (in heaven, upon the earth, under the earth as in verse Revelation 5:3, with on the sea epi thv qalasshv added). No created thing is left out. This universal chorus of praise to Christ from all created life reminds one of the profound mystical passage in Romans 8:20-22 concerning the sympathetic agony of creation (ktisiv) in hope of freedom from the bondage of corruption. If the trail of the serpent is on all creation, it will be ultimately thrown off.
Saying (legontav). Masculine (construction according to sense, personifying the created things) if genuine, though some MSS. have legonta (grammatical gender agreeing with panta) present active participle of legw, to say.
And to the Lamb (kai tw arniw). Dative case. Praise and worship are rendered to the Lamb precisely as to God on the throne. Note separate articles here in the doxology as in Revelation 4:11 and the addition of to kratov (active power) in place of isxuv (reserve of strength) in Revelation 5:12.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Revelation 5:13:
Philippians 2:10
1 Peter 4:11
Revelation 1:6
Revelation 3:14
Revelation 5:3
Revelation 7:12
Revelation 8:9
Revelation 19:10
Revelation 20:10
Revelation 20:11
Revelation 21:5
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