Answered (απεκριθη). First aorist pa ive (deponent) of αποκρινομα with λεγων (saying), a common (only here in the Apocalypse) Hebr…

And one of the elders. (See Barnes on Revelation 4:4).

That is, as understood there, one of the representatives of the church befor…

And one of the elders answered, saying to me.—The seer had asked no question, but the elder answers the wondering thought…

After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before…

And one of the elders answered, saying to me
This elder was not the Apostle Peter, as some Popish interpreters have …

Faithful Christians deserve our notice and respect; we should mark the upright. Those who wish to gain knowledge must not be ashamed to seek instru…