Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Answered (apekriqh). First aorist passive (deponent) of apokrinomai with legwn (saying), a common (only here in the Apocalypse) Hebrew redundancy in the Gospels (Mark 9:5). An elder intervenes, though no question has been asked to interpret the vision (Swete).
These (outoi). Prophetic predicate nominative put before tinev eisin (who are they). Note article repeated with stolav pointing to verse Revelation 7:9, and accusative also retained after peribeblhmenoi as there. Both "who" and "whence" as in Joshua 9:8.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Revelation 3:4
Revelation 3:5
Revelation 4:4
Revelation 5:5
Revelation 5:8
Revelation 6:11
Revelation 7:1
Revelation 7:9
Revelation 7:14
Revelation 10:1
Revelation 11:3
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