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To worship him (proskunēsai autōi). First aorist active infinitive of purpose. John either felt that the angel represented God or he was beside himself with excitement over the glorious consummation. He was tempted to worship an angel (Col 2:18).
See thou do it not (hora mē). Repeated in Rev 22:9. Here there is no verb after mē (ellipse of poiēsēis touto) as in Mar 1:44; 1Th 5:15), the aorist subjunctive of negative purpose with mē after hora (present active imperative of horaō), a common enough idiom.
Fellow-servant (sundoulos). The angel refuses worship from John on this ground. All Christians are sundouloi (fellow-servants) as Christ taught (Mat 18:28.; Mat 24:49) and as Paul (Col 1:7; Col 4:7) and John (Rev 6:11) taught. Angels are God’s servants also (Heb 1:4-14). For “the testimony of Jesus” see Rev 1:2, Rev 1:9; Rev 6:9; Rev 12:17; Rev 22:4.
Worship God (tōi theōi proskunēson). And Christ, who is the Son of God (Rev 5:13.).
The spirit of prophecy (to pneuma tēs prophēteias). Explanatory use of gar (for) here as in Rev 19:8. The possession of the prophetic spirit shows itself in witness to Jesus. In illustration see Mar 1:10; Mat 3:16; Luk 3:21; Joh 1:51; Rev 4:1; Rev 10:1; Rev 11:19; Rev 14:17; Rev 15:5; Rev 18:1; Rev 19:1, Rev 19:7-9.