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And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Autour du trône je vis vingt-quatre trônes, et sur ces trônes vingt-quatre vieillards assis, revêtus de vêtements blancs, et sur leurs têtes des couronnes d'or.

KJV

And round about the throne [were] four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold.

Patristic reading

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  • Eucherius of Lyon

    Book of Spiritual Intelligence Formulas

    ted to the mystery of the number of elders. In Revelation: And upon the thrones, twenty-four elders. Revelation 4:4. By twenty-four lots, King David distributed priests in the ministry of the temple. First Chronicles 24:7. Thirty. Relates to the fruits of faithful marriages. In t…
  • Arnobius the Younger

    Conflicts on the Trinity Book One

    e ways. Therefore, these are the twenty-four ways, corresponding to the number of twenty-four elders Revelation 4:4, who assign each book, both of the New and Old Testament, to the one book of the twelve apostles. These three books are offered to the Creator of the Trinity throug…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 96 (Migne)

    ine Deus omnipotens, qui es, et qui eras, qui accepisti virtutem, et regnasti in saecula saeculorum (Apoc. IV, 4) . Ergo ubi adorant hi, et quomodo adorant, quantum fas est mortalibus, etiam in praesentiarum adorare eum oportet, [Col. 0250A] quoniam Christus in Patre veritas est…

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