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Rev_5:14. The Amen, the formal confirmation and conclusion of the hymn of praise,[1987] is uttered by the four beings, not because they occupy in any respect “a lower position,”[1988] but because the whole tenor of the hymn of praise in chs. 4 and 5, after resounding in Rev_5:13 to the farthest extent, returns to the point whence it started,[1989] and thus comes to a truly beautiful rest.[1990] But after the Amen has been uttered, nothing else remains for the elders than silent adoration, which, naturally,[1991] is directed also to the Lamb, and not alone to the One sitting on the throne.[1992]
[1987] Ewald. Cf. Deu_27:15 sqq.; Neh_5:13; Psa_41:13; 1Co_14:16.
[1988] Hengstenb.
[1989] Cf. Rev_4:8 sqq.
[1990] Cf. Beng., Ebrard.
[1991] Cf. Rev_5:13.
[1992] As Ew. i. thought, supported by the completely untenable Recepta: προσκυν . ζῶντι εἱς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων , and corresponding to the view imposed upon John, that the Messiah also is a creation (“with adoration they honored God—as from him as author all things have proceeded, and the Messiah was created,” Rev_4:2 sqq.)