3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.



Ver. 3. A new song] {See Trapp on "Rev_5:9"}



But the hundred, &c.] To whom alone it was given to understand the mysteries of God’s kingdom. Others could not skill of it.



From the earth] i.e. From the Antichristian rout and rabble. These dunghill cocks meddle not with that jewel, the joy of faith, but speak evil of what they know not.