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Rev_4:9. ὅταν δώσουσι . The fut., instead of the regular sub.,[1825] does not present a conception that is strictly future,[1826] but has, like the Heb. imperfect, the force of a frequentative: “when, as often as.”[1827]
ΔΌΞΑΝ ΚΑῚ ΤΙΜῊΝ . Viz., the worshipful acknowledgment of the glory and honor[1828] belonging to the Lord;[1829] while by ΚΑῚ ΕὐΧΑΡΙΣΤΊΑΝ is designated immediately, and without metonymy, the thanksgiving[1830] rendered by the creature.
Τῶ ΚΑΘΗΜΈΝῼ
ΑἸΏΝΩΝ . So God calls the enthroned God very similarly as the four beasts praise him, and in the same respect. Hence, also on cemore in Rev_4:10, the same designation of God, comprising the reason for the praise, and the ground of all hope and prophecy.
On Rev_4:10, cf. Rev_5:8; Rev_19:4. The casting-down of the crowns is, together with the falling down and worshipping, the sign of humiliation before the King and Lord, in whose presence no creature whatever has any glory or honor of its own.[1831]
[1825] Winer, p. 289 sq.
[1826] From now, and to all the future. Cf. Rev_7:15 sq. It is not so earlier, because only since the work of redemption is in progress, and the victory of Christ in development, are the twenty-four elders in this position and occupation. De Wette; cf. Stern.
[1827] Vitr., Beng., Hengstenb., Ebrard, etc.
[1828] Cf. Psa_29:1; Psa_96:7. Hengstenb., etc.
[1829] Cf. Rev_1:6.
[1830] Hengstenb.
[1831] Cf. Tacit., Annal., xv. 29: “To which (statue of Nero) Tiridates, having advanced, cast before the image the diadem removed from his head.”