Revelation 5:12

10 And have made¹ us ^akings and¹ ^bpriests to our God;
And we shall reign on the earth.”

11 Then I looked, and I heard the voice of many angels around the throne, the living creatures, and the elders; and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands,

12 saying with a loud voice:
“Worthy is the Lamb who was slain
To receive power and riches and wisdom,
And strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

13 And ^aevery creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, I heard saying:
^b“Blessing and honor and glory and power
Be to Him ^cwho sits on the throne,
And to the Lamb, forever and¹ ever!”

14 Then the four living creatures said, “Amen!” And the¹ twenty-four elders fell down and worshiped² Him who lives forever and ever.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Revelation 5:12

To receive power - That is, Jesus Christ is worthy to take, , to have ascribed to him, power - omnipotence; riches - beneficence; wisdom - omniscience; strength - power in prevalent exercise; honor - the highest reputation for what he has done; glory - the praise due to such actions; and blessing - the thankful acknowledgments of the whole creation. Here are seven different species of praise; and this is exactly agreeable to the rabbinical forms, which the author of this book keeps constantly in view. See Sepher Rasiel, fol. 39, 2: "To thee belongs cabod , glory; gedulah , magnitude; geburah , might; hammamlakah , the kingdom; hattiphereth , the honor; hannetsach , the victory; vehahod , and the praise."

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