Charles Spurgeon Commentary Revelation 7:13

"And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, These that are arrayed in white robes, who are they, and whence came they?" — Revelation 7:13 (ASV)

And one of the elders answered, saying to me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes and from where did they come?

And I said to him, Sir, you know. You see, the question was put by an angel, and one of the elders answered in response.

Whom did he answer? Why, John; and he answered what John's heart was inquiring. He was saying to himself, "Who are these?" And one of the elders was responsive to his heart's inquiry, and put the same inquiry into words on his behalf.