John Calvin Commentary Ezekiel 1:6

"And every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings." — Ezekiel 1:6 (ASV)

He now comes to the heads and wings themselves. Many suppose that each animal had four heads, and then that four appearances belonged to each head. Others extend the wings much further, because they assign four wings to each of the four heads, and others even sixteen. However, this does not seem to be in accordance with the Prophet’s words.

He simply says each had four heads, and then four wings. The wings and the heads correspond. Since one animal was endowed with only four heads, I do not think that it had more than four wings. This will again be evident from the context. He adds afterwards—