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Were standing (histēkeisan). Past perfect active of histēmi intransitive and used like an imperfect as in Joh 19:25.
Round about (kuklōi). Preposition (in a circle) with genitive as in Rev 4:6; Rev 5:11. The angels here rejoice in the salvation of men (Luk 15:7, Luk 15:10; 1Pe 1:12).
Upon their faces (epi ta prosōpa autōn). In reverential worship of God as in Rev 11:16. For this worship (fell and worshipped) see also Rev 4:10; Rev 5:14; Rev 11:16; Rev 19:4, Rev 19:10; Rev 22:8. The dative tōi theōi (God) with proskuneō (to worship) is the usual construction for that meaning. When it means merely to do homage the accusative case is usual in this book (Charles). But in the Fourth Gospel the reverse order is true as to the cases with proskuneō (Abbott, Joh. Vocab. pp. 138-142).