Apocalisse 4:11

11 Degno sei, o Signore e Iddio nostro, di ricever la gloria e l’onore e la potenza: poiché tu creasti tutte le cose, e per la tua volontà esistettero e furon create.

Apocalisse 4:11 Meaning and Commentary

Revelation 4:11

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory honour, and
power
The Alexandrian copy, and some others, the Complutensian edition, the Vulgate Latin version, and all the Oriental ones, read, "thou art worthy, O Lord, and our God, to receive"; that is, to receive the acknowledgment and ascription of glory, honour, and power; for otherwise God cannot be said to receive these from his creatures, than by their confessing and declaring that they belong unto him: and that for the reasons following,

for thou hast created all things;
the whole universe, the heavens, the earth, and sea, and all that in them are:

and for thy pleasure they are and were created;
God is the first cause, and the last end of all things; by his power they are made, and according to his will, and for his own glory, and therefore is worthy of such a doxology; see ( Proverbs 16:4 ) ( Romans 11:36 ) . What is here said is contrary to a notion imbibed by the Jews ^F26, that the world was not created but for the sake of the Israelites: and elsewhere ^F1 they say,

``the world was not created but for David; and one says for Moses; and Rabbi Jochanan says for the Messiah;''

which last is truest.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Zohar in Exod. fol. 6. 3. & Tzeror Hammor, fol. 109. 1. & 161. 3.
F1 T. Bab. Sanhedrin, fol. 98. 2.

Apocalisse 4:11 In-Context

9 E ogni volta che le creature viventi rendon gloria e onore e grazie a Colui che siede sul trono, a Colui che vive nei secoli dei secoli,

10 i ventiquattro anziani si prostrano davanti a Colui che siede sul trono e adorano Colui che vive ne’ secoli dei secoli e gettano le loro corone davanti al trono, dicendo:

11 Degno sei, o Signore e Iddio nostro, di ricever la gloria e l’onore e la potenza: poiché tu creasti tutte le cose, e per la tua volontà esistettero e furon create.